# CVE-2025-14589: code-projects Prison Management System search.php sql injection

> Remote attackers can exploit SQL injection in the search.php file to read or modify database contents in the Prison 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:** 13 Dec 2025
- **Updated:** 24 Feb 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-x3m9-h97g-9c8c

## What is CVE-2025-14589?

CVE-2025-14589 is a medium-severity SQL injection vulnerability in code-projects Prison Management System, published on 13 Dec 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A weakness has been identified in code-projects Prison Management System 2.0. This issue affects some unknown processing of the file /admin/search.php. Executing a manipulation of the argument keyname can lead to sql injection. The attack may be performed from remote. The exploit has been made available to the public and could be used for attacks.

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-2025-14589?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Carmelo Prison Management System.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-14589?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-14589 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-14589 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-14589 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in code-projects Prison Management System

- [CVE-2025-14590](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-14590/): code-projects Prison Management System search1.php sql injection (medium 6.9)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-14589 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-14589 is a medium-severity SQL injection vulnerability in code-projects Prison Management System, published on 13 Dec 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-2025-14589 exists.

Affected product: code-projects Prison 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-2025-14589/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-14589/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-14589
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-14589
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-14589

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-14589/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.