# CVE-2025-6352: code-projects Automated Voting System Backend vote.php direct request

> Attackers can directly request the voting endpoint to manipulate votes without proper authorization checks.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.9 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 20 Jun 2025
- **Updated:** 23 Jun 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-mv25-46jw-c68j

## What is CVE-2025-6352?

CVE-2025-6352 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in code-projects Automated Voting System, published on 20 Jun 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in code-projects Automated Voting System 1.0. Affected is an unknown function of the file /vote.php of the component Backend. The manipulation leads to direct request. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used.

Weakness: CWE-425 (Direct Request)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-6352?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Fabian Automated Voting System.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-6352?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-6352 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-6352 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-6352 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in code-projects Automated Voting System

- [CVE-2023-7126](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-7126/): code-projects Automated Voting System Admin Login sql injection (medium 6.3)
- [CVE-2023-7127](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-7127/): code-projects Automated Voting System Login sql injection (medium 6.3)
- [CVE-2025-12238](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-12238/): code-projects Automated Voting System user.php sql injection (medium 5.3)
- [CVE-2025-11667](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-11667/): code-projects Automated Voting System add_candidate_modal.php. sql injection (medium 5.3)
- [CVE-2025-11668](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-11668/): code-projects Automated Voting System update_user.php sql injection (medium 5.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-6352 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-6352 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in code-projects Automated Voting System, published on 20 Jun 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-2025-6352 exists.

Affected product: code-projects Automated Voting 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-2025-6352/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-6352/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-6352
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-6352
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-6352

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