A vulnerability was found in Exam Form Submission 1.0. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown part of the file /index.php. The manipulation of the argument val-username with an unknown input leads to a sql injection vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-89. The software 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. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

SQL injection vulnerability in Exam Form Submission in PHP with Source Code v.1.0 allows a remote attacker to escalate privileges via the val-username parameter in /index.php.

The weakness was presented 09/18/2023. The advisory is shared at upbeat-washer-def.notion.site. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2023-42359 since 09/08/2023. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 09/18/2023). MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1505 for this issue.

By approaching the search of inurl:index.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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