# CVE-2025-9529: Campcodes Payroll Management System index.php include file inclusion

> Remote attackers can exploit file inclusion in index.php to execute arbitrary code or read sensitive data in Campcodes Payroll Management System.

- **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:** 27 Aug 2025
- **Updated:** 27 Aug 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-8j7v-6g8v-2256

## What is CVE-2025-9529?

CVE-2025-9529 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Campcodes Payroll Management System, published on 27 Aug 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A weakness has been identified in Campcodes Payroll Management System 1.0. The affected element is the function include of the file /index.php. This manipulation of the argument page causes file inclusion. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. The exploit has been made available to the public and could be exploited.

Weakness: CWE-73 (External Control of File Name or Path)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-9529?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Campcodes Payroll Management System.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-9529?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-9529 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-9529 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-9529 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in Campcodes Payroll Management System

- [CVE-2025-7217](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-7217/): Campcodes Payroll Management System ajax.php sql injection (medium 6.9)
- [CVE-2025-7218](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-7218/): Campcodes Payroll Management System ajax.php sql injection (medium 6.9)
- [CVE-2025-7219](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-7219/): Campcodes Payroll Management System ajax.php sql injection (medium 6.9)
- [CVE-2025-7220](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-7220/): Campcodes Payroll Management System ajax.php sql injection (medium 6.9)
- [CVE-2025-7128](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-7128/): Campcodes Payroll Management System ajax.php sql injection (medium 6.9)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-9529 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-9529 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Campcodes Payroll Management System, published on 27 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-2025-9529 exists.

Affected product: Campcodes Payroll Management 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-2025-9529/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-9529/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-9529
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-9529
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-9529

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