Campcodes Advanced Online Voting Management System SQL Injection Vulnerability

A SQL injection vulnerability has been identified in Campcodes Advanced Online Voting Management System version 1.0. The issue arises in the file '/admin/candidates_edit.php', where the 'id' parameter is manipulated, allowing attackers to inject malicious SQL queries. This vulnerability can be exploited remotely, without any authentication.

Impact

Exploitation of this vulnerability allows attackers to inject SQL queries that can be executed by the database. This could lead to unauthorized data access, data manipulation or deletion, and potentially allow attackers to execute administrative operations on the database or the application.

Reproduction

The vulnerability can be reproduced by sending a POST request to '/admin/candidates_row.php' with a crafted 'id' parameter that includes malicious SQL payloads. This can be done using tools like sqlmap, which automates the process of finding and exploiting SQL injection vulnerabilities.

Remediation

It is recommended to validate and sanitize user inputs, use prepared statements to prevent SQL injection, and minimize database user permissions.