CVE-2025-7457: Movie Theater Seat Reservation SQL Injection

CVE-2025-7457 Overview

A SQL injection vulnerability has been identified in Campcodes Online Movie Theater Seat Reservation System version 1.0. The vulnerability exists in the /admin/manage_movie.php file, where improper handling of the ID argument allows attackers to inject malicious SQL queries. This flaw enables remote attackers to manipulate database operations without authentication, potentially leading to unauthorized data access, modification, or deletion.

Critical Impact

Remote attackers can exploit this SQL injection vulnerability to extract sensitive data, bypass authentication mechanisms, or compromise the underlying database server through the vulnerable manage_movie.php endpoint.

Affected Products

• Campcodes Online Movie Theater Seat Reservation System 1.0

Discovery Timeline

• 2025-07-11 - CVE-2025-7457 published to NVD
• 2025-07-16 - Last updated in NVD database

Technical Details for CVE-2025-7457

Vulnerability Analysis

This SQL injection vulnerability resides in the administrative interface of the Campcodes Online Movie Theater Seat Reservation System. The vulnerable endpoint /admin/manage_movie.php fails to properly sanitize user-supplied input passed through the ID parameter before incorporating it into SQL queries. This classic injection flaw (CWE-74: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component) allows attackers to craft malicious requests that alter the intended SQL query logic.

The vulnerability is network-accessible, requiring no authentication or user interaction to exploit. Successful exploitation could enable attackers to read, modify, or delete database contents, potentially exposing customer reservation data, payment information, and administrative credentials stored within the application's database.

Root Cause

The root cause of this vulnerability is insufficient input validation and lack of parameterized queries in the manage_movie.php file. The application directly concatenates user-controlled input from the ID parameter into SQL statements without proper sanitization or the use of prepared statements. This allows special SQL characters and commands to be interpreted as part of the query structure rather than as data values.

Attack Vector

The attack vector is network-based, allowing remote exploitation without any prior authentication. An attacker can craft HTTP requests to the /admin/manage_movie.php endpoint with a malicious ID parameter containing SQL injection payloads. The vulnerability can be exploited through standard HTTP GET or POST requests, making it accessible to any attacker with network access to the application.

The attacker manipulates the ID parameter by injecting SQL metacharacters such as single quotes, UNION statements, or boolean-based payloads. When the application processes this input, the injected SQL code executes against the backend database with the same privileges as the web application's database user. This can lead to data exfiltration through UNION-based attacks, authentication bypass through boolean manipulation, or even command execution if database server configurations permit.

Detection Methods for CVE-2025-7457

Indicators of Compromise

• Unusual or malformed requests to /admin/manage_movie.php containing SQL syntax characters such as single quotes, UNION statements, or semicolons in the ID parameter
• Database error messages exposed in HTTP responses indicating SQL syntax errors or injection attempts
• Unexpected database queries or data access patterns in database audit logs
• Anomalous traffic volumes or patterns targeting administrative endpoints

Detection Strategies

• Implement web application firewall (WAF) rules to detect and block common SQL injection patterns in HTTP request parameters
• Configure database activity monitoring to alert on suspicious query patterns, particularly those involving system tables or sensitive data extraction
• Deploy intrusion detection systems (IDS) with signatures for SQL injection attack patterns targeting PHP applications
• Enable verbose application logging to capture all requests to administrative endpoints for forensic analysis

Monitoring Recommendations

• Monitor web server access logs for repeated requests to /admin/manage_movie.php with varying ID parameter values
• Set up alerts for database errors or exceptions that may indicate exploitation attempts
• Implement rate limiting on administrative endpoints to detect and slow automated exploitation attempts
• Regularly review database query logs for unauthorized data access or unusual query structures

How to Mitigate CVE-2025-7457

Immediate Actions Required

• Restrict network access to the administrative interface /admin/ to trusted IP addresses only using firewall rules or web server configuration
• Deploy a web application firewall (WAF) with SQL injection protection rules in front of the application
• If feasible, take the application offline until a vendor patch is available or implement manual code fixes
• Review database permissions and ensure the web application uses a least-privilege database account

Patch Information

No official vendor patch has been released for this vulnerability at the time of publication. Organizations using this software should monitor the CampCodes website for security updates and consider implementing the workarounds listed below until a patch becomes available. For additional technical details, refer to the GitHub Issue Discussion and VulDB entry.

Workarounds

• Implement input validation to reject any ID parameter values that contain non-numeric characters
• Modify the application code to use parameterized queries or prepared statements for all database interactions
• Deploy network-level access controls to limit exposure of the administrative interface to internal networks only
• Consider using a reverse proxy with SQL injection filtering capabilities as an additional protection layer

# Apache configuration to restrict admin access by IP
<Directory "/var/www/html/admin">
    Require ip 192.168.1.0/24
    Require ip 10.0.0.0/8
</Directory>