CVE-2021-42670: engineers_online_portal_project engineers_online_portal SQL Injection

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2021-42670 is a critical (CVSS 9.8) SQL Injection vulnerability in engineers_online_portal_project engineers_online_portal. EPSS estimates a 8.42% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 94.9% of scored vulnerabilities. 2 public exploits are recorded.

Timeline

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

Description

A SQL injection vulnerability exists in Sourcecodester Engineers Online Portal in PHP via the id parameter to the announcements_student.php web page. As a result a malicious user can extract sensitive data from the web server and in some cases use this vulnerability in order to get a remote code execution on the remote web server.

• 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.