SQL injection in Employee and Visitor Gate Pass Logging System

1) SQL injection

EUVDB-ID: #VU75194

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 8.1 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:U/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2023-2090

CWE-ID: CWE-89 - Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary SQL queries in database.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data in the "id" parameter in the /admin/maintenance/view_designation.php script. A remote user can send a specially crafted request to the affected application and execute arbitrary SQL commands within the application database.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to read, delete, modify data in database and gain complete control over the affected application.

Mitigation

Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.

Vulnerable software versions

Employee and Visitor Gate Pass Logging System: 1.0

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:a:sourcecodester:employee_and_visitor_gate_pass_logging_system:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

External links

http://vuldb.com/?id.226098
http://vuldb.com/?ctiid.226098
http://github.com/4O4NtFd/bug_report/blob/main/SQLi-1.md

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote authenticated user via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.