# CVE-2025-12939: SourceCodester Interview Management System addCandidate.php sql injection

> Remote attackers can exploit SQL injection in addCandidate.php to read or modify database contents in SourceCodester Interview Management System.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.3 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 10 Nov 2025
- **Updated:** 14 Nov 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-5jwg-6jjq-4x9g

## What is CVE-2025-12939?

CVE-2025-12939 is a medium-severity SQL injection vulnerability in SourceCodester Interview Management System, published on 10 Nov 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A security flaw has been discovered in SourceCodester Interview Management System up to 1.0. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file /addCandidate.php. The manipulation of the argument candName results in sql injection. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploit has been released to the public and may be exploited.

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-2025-12939?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Janobe Interview Management System.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-12939?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-12939 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-12939 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-12939 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in SourceCodester Interview Management System

- [CVE-2022-38576](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-38576/): SQL injection in n/a (high 7.2)
- [CVE-2022-38255](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-38255/): SQL injection in n/a (high 7.2)
- [CVE-2022-38260](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-38260/): SQL injection in n/a (high 7.2)
- [CVE-2022-2679](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-2679/): SourceCodester Interview Management System viewReport.php sql injection (medium 6.3)
- [CVE-2025-13343](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-13343/): SourceCodester Interview Management System editQuestion.php cross site scripting (medium 5.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-12939 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-12939 is a medium-severity SQL injection vulnerability in SourceCodester Interview Management System, published on 10 Nov 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-12939 exists.

Affected product: SourceCodester Interview Management System. 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-2025-12939/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-12939/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-12939
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-12939
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-12939

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-12939/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.