Submit #927127: SourceCodester Online Food Ordering System 1.0 CWE-89info

TitleSourceCodester Online Food Ordering System 1.0 CWE-89
DescriptionSourceCodester Online Food Ordering System category-foods.php id parameter SQL Injection A critical SQL injection vulnerability exists in Online Food Ordering System developed by katojkalemba and distributed via SourceCodester. The vulnerability is located in /web/category-foods.php at line 6. The id GET parameter is passed directly into a SQL query without sanitization, escaping, or prepared statements. An unauthenticated remote attacker can exploit this to extract sensitive data from the database including admin credentials. Vulnerable code: $category_id = $_GET['id']; $select = "select title from tbl_category where id=$category_id"; Proof of Concept: http://TARGET/web/category-foods.php?id=0 UNION SELECT CONCAT(username,0x3a,password) FROM tbl_admin-- - Result: Returns admin username and MD5 password hash directly in the HTTP response. Unauthenticated attackers can dump the entire database including admin credentials, customer orders, and personal data.
User
 ameenk (UID 100553)
Submission08/13/2026 10:32 (1 month ago)
Moderation09/14/2026 07:42 (1 month later)
StatusAccepted
VulDB entry403411 [SourceCodester/katojkalemba Online Food Ordering System 1.0 /web/category-foods.php ID sql injection]
Points17

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