#VU85036 SQL injection in Simple Student Attendance System - CVE-2023-6658

Vulnerability identifier: #VU85036

Vulnerability risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 6.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2023-6658

CWE-ID: CWE-89

Exploitation vector: Local network

Exploit availability: No

Vulnerable software:
Simple Student Attendance System
Web applications / Modules and components for CMS

Vendor: sourcecodester

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 ajax-api.php?action=save_attendance script. A remote user on the local network 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

Simple Student Attendance System: 1.0

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External links
https://vuldb.com/?id.247366
https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.247366
https://github.com/daydust/vuln/blob/main/Simple_Student_Attendance_System/ajax-api.php_SQL-injection.md

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Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote authenticated user via the local network (LAN).

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

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