# CVE-2025-2985: code-projects Payroll Management System update_account.php sql injection

> Remote attackers can exploit SQL injection in the update_account.php file to read or modify payroll data.

- **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`)
- **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:** 31 Mar 2025
- **Updated:** 31 Mar 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-m6g3-c9hh-h6r9

## What is CVE-2025-2985?

CVE-2025-2985 is a medium-severity SQL injection vulnerability in code-projects Payroll Management System, published on 31 Mar 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A vulnerability was found in code-projects Payroll Management System 1.0. It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown part of the file update_account.php. The manipulation of the argument deduction leads to sql injection. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. Other parameters might be affected as well.

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-2025-2985?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Fabian Payroll Management System.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-2985?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-2985 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-2985 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-2985 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in code-projects Payroll Management System

- [CVE-2025-3134](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-3134/): code-projects Payroll Management System add_overtime.php sql injection (medium 5.3)
- [CVE-2025-2984](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-2984/): code-projects Payroll Management System delete.php sql injection (medium 5.3)
- [CVE-2025-3038](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-3038/): code-projects Payroll Management System view_account.php sql injection (medium 5.3)
- [CVE-2025-3039](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-3039/): code-projects Payroll Management System add_employee.php sql injection (medium 5.3)
- [CVE-2025-2854](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-2854/): code-projects Payroll Management System update_employee.php sql injection (medium 5.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-2985 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-2985 is a medium-severity SQL injection vulnerability in code-projects Payroll Management System, published on 31 Mar 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-2025-2985 exists.

Affected product: code-projects Payroll 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-2025-2985/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-2985/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-2985
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-2985
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-2985

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Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.