CVE-2025-8371 (GCVE-0-2025-8371)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-07-31 07:02 – Updated: 2025-07-31 17:40
VLAI
Title
code-projects Exam Form Submission update_s5.php sql injection
Summary
A vulnerability has been found in code-projects Exam Form Submission 1.0 and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the file /admin/update_s5.php. The manipulation of the argument credits leads to sql injection. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used.
Severity
6.9 (Medium)
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
7.3 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:X/RC:R
7.3 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:X/RC:R
CWE
Assigner
References
URL Tags
https://vuldb.com/?id.318343 vdb-entrytechnical-description
https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.318343 signaturepermissions-required
https://vuldb.com/?submit.622557 third-party-advisory
https://github.com/mynlxx/CVE-ZhuChengQing/issues/1 exploitissue-tracking
https://code-projects.org/ product
Impacted products
Credits
zhuchengqing (VulDB User)
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