# CVE-2025-3170: Project Worlds Online Lawyer Management System admin_user.php sql injection

> Remote attackers can exploit SQL injection in admin_user.php to read or modify database contents in the Online Lawyer Management System.

- **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`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 3 Apr 2025
- **Updated:** 3 Apr 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-8xhv-fwf3-q27f

## What is CVE-2025-3170?

CVE-2025-3170 is a medium-severity SQL injection vulnerability in Project Worlds Online Lawyer Management System, published on 3 Apr 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Project Worlds Online Lawyer Management System 1.0. This affects an unknown part of the file /admin_user.php. The manipulation of the argument block_id/unblock_id leads to sql injection. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may 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-2025-3170?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Projectworlds Online Lawyer Management System.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-3170?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-3170 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-3170 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-3170 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in Project Worlds Online Lawyer Management System

- [CVE-2025-4931](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-4931/): projectworlds Online Lawyer Management System user_registation.php sql injection (medium 6.9)
- [CVE-2025-4932](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-4932/): projectworlds Online Lawyer Management System lawyer_registation.php sql injection (medium 6.9)
- [CVE-2025-3171](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-3171/): Project Worlds Online Lawyer Management System approve_lawyer.php sql injection (medium 6.9)
- [CVE-2025-3173](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-3173/): Project Worlds Online Lawyer Management System save_booking.php sql injection (medium 6.9)
- [CVE-2025-3174](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-3174/): Project Worlds Online Lawyer Management System searchLawyer.php sql injection (medium 6.9)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-3170 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-3170 is a medium-severity SQL injection vulnerability in Project Worlds Online Lawyer Management System, published on 3 Apr 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-2025-3170 exists.

Affected product: Project Worlds Online Lawyer 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-2025-3170/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-3170/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-3170
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-3170
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-3170

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