CVE-2021-37808: phpgurukul news_portal SQL Injection

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2021-37808 is a medium (CVSS 5.9) SQL Injection vulnerability in phpgurukul news_portal. EPSS estimates a 1.84% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 78.6% of scored vulnerabilities. 2 public exploits are recorded.

Timeline

1. 27-10-2021
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 04-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

SQL Injection vulnerabilities exist in https://phpgurukul.com News Portal Project 3.1 via the (1) category, (2) subcategory, (3) sucatdescription, and (4) username parameters, the server response is about (N) seconds delay respectively which mean it is vulnerable to MySQL Blind (Time Based). An attacker can use sqlmap to further the exploitation for extracting sensitive information from the database.

• CWE-89Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')The product constructs all or part of an SQL command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended SQL command when it is sent to a downstream component. Without sufficient removal or quoting of SQL syntax in user-controllable inputs, the generated SQL query can cause those inputs to be interpreted as SQL instead of ordinary user data.