# CVE-2025-6883: code-projects Staff Audit System update_index.php sql injection

> Remote attackers can exploit SQL injection in update_index.php to read or modify database contents in the Staff Audit 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:** 30 Jun 2025
- **Updated:** 30 Jun 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-xqp8-p76v-grqm

## What is CVE-2025-6883?

CVE-2025-6883 is a medium-severity SQL injection vulnerability in code-projects Staff Audit System, published on 30 Jun 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in code-projects Staff Audit System 1.0. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the file /update_index.php. The manipulation of the argument updateid 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-2025-6883?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Carmelo Staff Audit System.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-6883?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-6883 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-6883 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-6883 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in code-projects Staff Audit System

- [CVE-2025-7180](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-7180/): code-projects Staff Audit System login.php sql injection (medium 6.9)
- [CVE-2025-7181](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-7181/): code-projects Staff Audit System test.php unrestricted upload (medium 5.3)
- [CVE-2025-6884](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-6884/): code-projects Staff Audit System search_index.php sql injection (medium 5.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-6883 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-6883 is a medium-severity SQL injection vulnerability in code-projects Staff Audit System, published on 30 Jun 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-2025-6883 exists.

Affected product: code-projects Staff Audit 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-2025-6883/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-6883/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-6883
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-6883
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-6883

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