CVE-2025-8971
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedA vulnerability was determined in itsourcecode Online Tour and Travel Management System 1.0. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the file /admin/operations/travellers.php. The manipulation of the argument val-username leads to sql injection. The attack can be initiated remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidenceSQL injection vulnerability in itsourcecode Online Tour and Travel Management System 1.0 in the /admin/operations/travellers.php file where the val-username parameter is not properly sanitized before being used in SQL queries, allowing remote attackers to inject malicious SQL code.
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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data= 1.0CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Locate the travellers.php file in the web rootSearch the web server document root for the file 'travellers.php', typically found within the /admin/ directory of the Online Tour and Travel Management System installationAffected if The file exists in the application directory, indicating the vulnerable component is present
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Verify the application versionCheck the application version by inspecting any version file, footer credits, or admin dashboard version display. The affected version is 1.0Affected if The installed version is exactly 1.0, matching the vulnerable release
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Confirm the vulnerable parameter existsExamine the travellers.php source code and locate the 'val-username' parameter handling. Look for any SQL query construction that uses this parameter without proper sanitizationAffected if The code contains SQL queries that incorporate the val-username parameter without prepared statements or input validation
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Test for unauthenticated access to the vulnerable endpointAttempt to access the travellers.php file directly via HTTP request to the /admin/travellers.php endpoint without providing admin credentialsAffected if The endpoint is accessible without authentication, allowing exploitation
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Review SQL query construction in the affected fileOpen travellers.php and inspect how the val-username parameter is used in database queries. Check if the code uses parameterized queries or direct string concatenationAffected if The code uses direct string concatenation or unsanitized variable insertion in SQL queries with the val-username parameter
The environment is affected if the Online Tour and Travel Management System version 1.0 is installed and the travellers.php file contains the vulnerable val-username parameter handling with unsanitized SQL query construction.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataReplace dynamic SQL queries with parameterized queries/prepared statements in travellers.php and audit the entire codebase for similar SQL injection vulnerabilities. Apply input validation and least-privilege database access as defense-in-depth.
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