CVE-2025-9706
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 security vulnerability has been detected in SourceCodester Water Billing System 1.0. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the file /edit.php. Such manipulation of the argument ID leads to sql injection. The attack can be executed remotely. The exploit has been disclosed publicly 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 SourceCodester Water Billing System 1.0 where the ID parameter in /edit.php is not properly sanitized, allowing remote attackers to inject malicious SQL queries and potentially compromise the entire database.
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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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Confirm Water Billing System installationLocate the web application's document root directory and identify if the Water Billing System is present. Look for characteristic files such as index.php, edit.php, or configuration files containing 'water billing' references.Affected if The application is the Janobe Water Billing System version 1.0
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Verify the affected versionCheck the application's version number. This may be found in a README file, a version constant in config files, or the footer/meta tags of index.php. Compare against the affected version: 1.0Affected if The installed version is exactly 1.0 (Janobe Water Billing System)
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Locate the vulnerable edit.php fileNavigate to the web root and locate the /edit.php file. This is the file containing the vulnerable ID parameter that does not sanitize user input before using it in SQL queries.Affected if The file /edit.php exists in the application directory
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Examine the ID parameter handling in edit.phpOpen edit.php and search for the code handling the ID parameter. Look for SQL queries that incorporate the ID parameter directly without using prepared statements or parameter binding. Common patterns include $_GET['id'] or $_POST['id'] being concatenated directly into SQL strings.Affected if The ID parameter is used in SQL queries without parameterized queries or input sanitization
A user is affected if they are running Janobe Water Billing System version 1.0 and the edit.php file contains direct SQL query construction using the unsanitized ID parameter.
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 /edit.php to properly sanitize the ID parameter before database execution.
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