# CVE-2025-8174: code-projects Voting System candidates_add.php unrestricted upload

> Attackers can upload malicious files via the photo parameter in the admin panel, potentially leading to remote code execution.

- **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:** 26 Jul 2025
- **Updated:** 28 Jul 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-r2r8-gjp6-cvvm

## What is CVE-2025-8174?

CVE-2025-8174 is a medium-severity vulnerability in code-projects Voting System, published on 26 Jul 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 Voting System 1.0 and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file /admin/candidates_add.php. The manipulation of the argument photo leads to unrestricted upload. The attack may be launched remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used.

Weakness: CWE-434 (Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type), CWE-284 (Improper Access Control)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-8174?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Fabian Voting System.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-8174?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-8174 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-8174 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-8174 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in code-projects Voting System

- [CVE-2025-11512](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-11512/): code-projects Voting System voters_add.php cross site scripting (medium 5.3)
- [CVE-2025-7555](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-7555/): code-projects Voting System voters_add.php sql injection (medium 5.3)
- [CVE-2025-7556](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-7556/): code-projects Voting System voters_edit.php sql injection (medium 5.3)
- [CVE-2025-7557](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-7557/): code-projects Voting System voters_row.php sql injection (medium 5.3)
- [CVE-2025-7558](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-7558/): code-projects Voting System positions_add.php sql injection (medium 5.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-8174 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-8174 is a medium-severity vulnerability in code-projects Voting System, published on 26 Jul 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-2025-8174 exists.

Affected product: code-projects 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-2025-8174/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-8174/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-8174
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-8174
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-8174

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