# CVE-2025-5003: projectworlds Online Time Table Generator semester_ajax.php sql injection

> Remote attackers can exploit SQL injection in semester_ajax.php to read or modify database contents in the Online Time Table Generator.

- **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:** 20 May 2025
- **Updated:** 21 May 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-m5qc-f5cx-qrq3

## What is CVE-2025-5003?

CVE-2025-5003 is a medium-severity SQL injection vulnerability in projectworlds Online Time Table Generator, published on 20 May 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A vulnerability has been found in projectworlds Online Time Table Generator 1.0 and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the file /semester_ajax.php. The manipulation of the argument ID leads to sql injection. The attack can be initiated 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-2025-5003?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Projectworlds Online Time Table Generator.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-5003?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-5003 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-5003 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-5003 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in projectworlds Online Time Table Generator

- [CVE-2025-70146](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-70146/): Missing authorization in n/a (critical 9.1)
- [CVE-2025-70147](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-70147/): Missing authorization in n/a (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2025-5004](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-5004/): projectworlds Online Time Table Generator add_course.php sql injection (medium 6.9)
- [CVE-2025-5008](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-5008/): projectworlds Online Time Table Generator add_teacher.php sql injection (medium 6.9)
- [CVE-2025-2659](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-2659/): Project Worlds Online Time Table Generator index.php sql injection (medium 6.9)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-5003 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-5003 is a medium-severity SQL injection vulnerability in projectworlds Online Time Table Generator, published on 20 May 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-2025-5003 exists.

Affected product: projectworlds Online Time Table Generator. 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-2025-5003/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-5003/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-5003
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-5003
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-5003

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-5003/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.