CVE-2021-42665: engineers_online_portal_project engineers_online_portal SQL Injection

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2021-42665 is a critical (CVSS 9.8) SQL Injection vulnerability in engineers_online_portal_project engineers_online_portal. EPSS estimates a 4.95% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 92% of scored vulnerabilities. 3 public exploits are recorded.

Timeline

1. 05-11-2021
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 04-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

An SQL Injection vulnerability exists in Sourcecodester Engineers Online Portal in PHP via the login form inside of index.php, which can allow an attacker to bypass authentication.

• 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.