# CVE-2025-12293: SourceCodester Point of Sales category.php sql injection

> Remote attackers can exploit SQL injection in category.php to read or modify database contents in SourceCodester Point of Sales.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.9 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 27 Oct 2025
- **Updated:** 27 Oct 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-m758-qjqv-m6pc

## What is CVE-2025-12293?

CVE-2025-12293 is a medium-severity SQL injection vulnerability in SourceCodester Point of Sales, published on 27 Oct 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A vulnerability was identified in SourceCodester Point of Sales 1.0. This issue affects some unknown processing of the file /category.php. Such manipulation of the argument Category leads to sql injection. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploit is publicly available and might be used.

Weakness: CWE-89 (Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command), CWE-74 (Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-12293?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Janobe Point of Sales.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-12293?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-12293 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-12293 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-12293 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in SourceCodester Point of Sales

- [CVE-2025-12292](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-12292/): SourceCodester Point of Sales index.php sql injection (medium 6.9)
- [CVE-2025-12294](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-12294/): SourceCodester Point of Sales delete_category.php sql injection (medium 5.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-12293 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-12293 is a medium-severity SQL injection vulnerability in SourceCodester Point of Sales, published on 27 Oct 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-12293 exists.

Affected product: SourceCodester Point of Sales. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-12293/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-12293/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-12293
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-12293
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-12293

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-12293/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.