# CVE-2025-9705: SourceCodester Water Billing System paybill.php sql injection

> Remote attackers can exploit SQL injection in paybill.php to read or modify database contents in SourceCodester Water Billing 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:** 30 Aug 2025
- **Updated:** 2 Sep 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-84r7-2grh-mcm2

## What is CVE-2025-9705?

CVE-2025-9705 is a medium-severity SQL injection vulnerability in SourceCodester Water Billing System, published on 30 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 SourceCodester Water Billing System 1.0. Affected is an unknown function of the file /paybill.php. This manipulation of the argument ID causes sql injection. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. The exploit has been made available to the public and could be exploited.

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-2025-9705?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Janobe Water Billing System.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-9705?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-9705 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-9705 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-9705 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in SourceCodester Water Billing System

- [CVE-2025-9704](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-9704/): SourceCodester Water Billing System viewbill.php sql injection (medium 6.9)
- [CVE-2025-9706](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-9706/): SourceCodester Water Billing System edit.php sql injection (medium 6.9)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-9705 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-9705 is a medium-severity SQL injection vulnerability in SourceCodester Water Billing System, published on 30 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-2025-9705 exists.

Affected product: SourceCodester Water Billing 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-2025-9705/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-9705/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-9705
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-9705
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-9705

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-9705/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.