# CVE-2025-8471: projectworlds Online Admission System adminlogin.php sql injection

> Remote attackers can exploit SQL injection in the admin login page to read or modify database contents.

- **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/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:** 2 Aug 2025
- **Updated:** 4 Aug 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-h62v-7hxx-hqwr

## What is CVE-2025-8471?

CVE-2025-8471 is a medium-severity SQL injection vulnerability in projectworlds Online Admission System, published on 2 Aug 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in projectworlds Online Admission System 1.0. This issue affects some unknown processing of the file /adminlogin.php. The manipulation of the argument a_id leads to sql injection. The attack may 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-2025-8471?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Projectworlds Online Admission System.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-8471?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-8471 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-8471 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-8471 exists.

Public exploit code:

- Exploit SQL injection in  projectworlds Online Admissions System v1.0 (github_poc): https://github.com/byteReaper77/CVE-2025-8471
- projectworlds Online Admission System 1.0 - SQL Injection (exploitdb)

## Other vulnerabilities in projectworlds Online Admission System

- [CVE-2024-51060](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-51060/): SQL injection in n/a (critical 9.1)
- [CVE-2025-12938](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-12938/): projectworlds Online Admission System process_login.php sql injection (medium 6.9)
- [CVE-2025-8496](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-8496/): projectworlds Online Admission System viewform.php sql injection (medium 6.9)
- [CVE-2025-8436](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-8436/): projectworlds Online Admission System viewdoc.php sql injection (medium 6.9)
- [CVE-2025-8338](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-8338/): projectworlds Online Admission System adminac.php sql injection (medium 6.9)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-8471 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-8471 is a medium-severity SQL injection vulnerability in projectworlds Online Admission System, published on 2 Aug 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-2025-8471 exists.

Affected product: projectworlds Online Admission 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-2025-8471/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-8471/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-8471
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-8471
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-8471

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