Travel Management SystemApplication · Projectworlds

CVE-2025-9928

CRITICAL · 9.8 CVSS v3.1 Published 2025-09-03
Mitigation only
No fix yet — a mitigation exists. There is no fixed release. A documented workaround reduces exposure in the meantime.
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100/100
Remediation priority · Urgent
Public exploit Remotely reachable No privileges Zero-click

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 · unedited
A security flaw has been discovered in projectworlds Travel Management System 1.0. The impacted element is an unknown function of the file /viewcategory.php. Performing manipulation of the argument t1 results in sql injection. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. The exploit has been released to the public and may be exploited.

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 confidence

A SQL injection vulnerability exists in projectworlds Travel Management System 1.0 within the /viewcategory.php file. The t1 parameter is not properly sanitized before being used in SQL queries, allowing remote attackers to inject arbitrary SQL code. The vulnerability has a public exploit and can be triggered remotely.

MitigationReplace dynamic SQL queries with parameterized queries or prepared statements in /viewcategory.php for the t1 parameter, and validate/sanitize all user inputs before database operations.

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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
Travel Management SystemApplication
Affected:= 1.0

CVSS 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 checks

Work through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.

  1. Confirm Travel Management System installation
    Identify if Projectworlds Travel Management System version 1.0 is installed in your environment. Check application directories, deployment manifests, or software inventory for this specific product and version.
    Affected if The software is not Projectworlds Travel Management System version 1.0, then this CVE does not apply.
  2. Locate the vulnerable PHP file
    Search for the file /viewcategory.php in your web application's document root or source code directory. This is the specific file containing the SQL injection vulnerability.
    Affected if The file /viewcategory.php does not exist in your deployment, then this CVE does not apply.
  3. Verify the t1 parameter is processed
    Examine how the t1 parameter is handled in viewcategory.php. Look for code that retrieves the t1 parameter from GET or POST requests and passes it directly to SQL queries without sanitization or use of prepared statements.
    Affected if The t1 parameter is not used in SQL queries within this file, or if the code uses parameterized queries/prepared statements for this parameter, then the vulnerability is not present.
  4. Confirm network accessibility
    Determine if the application is accessible over the network. The vulnerability can be triggered remotely, so an exposed application with this file is potentially exploitable.
    Affected if The application is not network-accessible but the vulnerable file exists, the risk is limited to local attackers only.

You are affected if you are running Projectworlds Travel Management System version 1.0 with the file /viewcategory.php present and the t1 parameter being used in unsanitized SQL queries.

Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.

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From vendor data
Mitigation available No clean upgrade yet — mitigate in the meantime
Mitigation

Replace dynamic SQL queries with parameterized queries or prepared statements in /viewcategory.php for the t1 parameter, and validate/sanitize all user inputs before database operations.

Fix this in Travel Management System Scoped from the published advisory
  • Consultation4.0 h
  • Implementation6.0 h
  • Testing3.0 h
  • Review / QA3.0 h
16.0 hours of engineering $2,870
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