CVE-2025-5077 Overview
A critical SQL injection vulnerability has been identified in Campcodes Online Shopping Portal version 1.0. The vulnerability exists in the /admin/edit-subcategory.php file, where the Category argument is improperly handled, allowing attackers to inject malicious SQL queries. This vulnerability can be exploited remotely without authentication, potentially leading to unauthorized database access, data exfiltration, and complete system compromise.
Critical Impact
Remote attackers can exploit this SQL injection flaw to manipulate database queries, potentially accessing sensitive customer data, modifying records, or gaining administrative control over the shopping portal.
Affected Products
- Campcodes Online Shopping Portal 1.0
Discovery Timeline
- 2025-05-22 - CVE-2025-5077 published to NVD
- 2025-05-28 - Last updated in NVD database
Technical Details for CVE-2025-5077
Vulnerability Analysis
This SQL injection vulnerability affects the administrative interface of the Campcodes Online Shopping Portal, specifically within the subcategory editing functionality. The /admin/edit-subcategory.php endpoint fails to properly sanitize user-supplied input in the Category parameter before incorporating it into SQL queries. This allows attackers to inject arbitrary SQL statements that will be executed by the database server with the privileges of the web application's database user.
SQL injection vulnerabilities of this nature typically arise when dynamic SQL queries are constructed using string concatenation with untrusted user input. The attack surface is network-accessible, requiring no prior authentication or user interaction, making it particularly dangerous for publicly exposed installations of this e-commerce platform.
Root Cause
The root cause of CVE-2025-5077 is improper input validation and the absence of parameterized queries or prepared statements in the /admin/edit-subcategory.php file. The application directly concatenates user-controlled input from the Category parameter into SQL queries without proper sanitization, escaping, or use of secure database abstraction layers. This represents a classic CWE-89 (SQL Injection) weakness combined with CWE-74 (Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output).
Attack Vector
The vulnerability is exploitable via network-based attacks targeting the administrative interface. An attacker can craft malicious HTTP requests to the /admin/edit-subcategory.php endpoint with a specially crafted Category parameter containing SQL injection payloads. Common attack techniques include:
- UNION-based injection: Extracting data from other database tables by appending UNION SELECT statements
- Boolean-based blind injection: Inferring database contents through true/false responses
- Time-based blind injection: Using database delay functions to extract data character by character
- Stacked queries: Executing multiple SQL statements to modify or delete data
The exploit has been publicly disclosed, increasing the risk of active exploitation. Technical details are available through the GitHub CVE Issue Tracker and VulDB.
Detection Methods for CVE-2025-5077
Indicators of Compromise
- Unusual HTTP requests to /admin/edit-subcategory.php containing SQL keywords such as UNION, SELECT, DROP, INSERT, or comment sequences (--, /*)
- Database error messages appearing in web server logs or responses indicating SQL syntax errors
- Unexpected database queries or access patterns in database audit logs
- Evidence of data exfiltration or unauthorized administrative access
Detection Strategies
- Deploy Web Application Firewall (WAF) rules to detect and block SQL injection patterns in the Category parameter
- Enable SQL query logging on the database server to identify anomalous or malicious query patterns
- Implement intrusion detection system (IDS) signatures for common SQL injection payloads targeting PHP applications
- Monitor access logs for high-frequency requests to /admin/edit-subcategory.php from suspicious IP addresses
Monitoring Recommendations
- Configure real-time alerting for database errors originating from the web application context
- Establish baseline metrics for normal database query patterns and alert on deviations
- Monitor for unauthorized changes to database schema or admin user accounts
- Review web application logs regularly for HTTP 500 errors that may indicate exploitation attempts
How to Mitigate CVE-2025-5077
Immediate Actions Required
- Restrict access to the /admin/ directory using IP-based access controls or VPN requirements
- Deploy a Web Application Firewall (WAF) with SQL injection protection rules enabled
- Consider temporarily disabling the edit-subcategory functionality until a patch is available
- Audit database access logs for signs of prior exploitation
Patch Information
No official vendor patch has been released at this time. Organizations using Campcodes Online Shopping Portal 1.0 should contact the vendor at CampCodes for security update availability. Until an official patch is provided, implementing the workarounds and mitigations described below is strongly recommended.
Additional technical details and vulnerability tracking information can be found at:
Workarounds
- Implement application-level input validation to whitelist acceptable characters in the Category parameter
- Apply server-side modifications to use parameterized queries or prepared statements for all database interactions
- Deploy virtual patching through WAF rules to filter malicious SQL injection payloads
- Restrict administrative interface access to trusted internal networks only
# Example Apache .htaccess restriction for admin directory
<Directory "/var/www/html/admin">
Order Deny,Allow
Deny from all
Allow from 192.168.1.0/24
Allow from 10.0.0.0/8
</Directory>
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