PHPGurukul Employee Record Management System 1.2 POST Parameter /forgetpassword.php Email sql injection

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A vulnerability was found in PHPGurukul Employee Record Management System 1.2. It has been rated as critical. Impacted is an unknown function of the file /forgetpassword.php of the component POST Parameter Handler. Performing a manipulation of the argument Email results in sql injection. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2021-43451. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. Moreover, an exploit is present.

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A vulnerability was found in PHPGurukul Employee Record Management System 1.2. It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown function of the file /forgetpassword.php of the component POST Parameter Handler. The manipulation of the argument Email with an unknown input leads to a sql injection vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-89. 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. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was disclosed 12/02/2021 as 50467. It is possible to read the advisory at exploit-db.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2021-43451 since 11/08/2021. Technical details and a public exploit are known. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1505 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The exploit is shared for download at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. By approaching the search of inurl:forgetpassword.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.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Exploit-DB (50467). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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• PHPGurukul

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• Employee Record Management System

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• 1.2

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• free

Website

• Vendor: https://phpgurukul.com/

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• Submit #XXXXXX: Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx X.x Xxx Xxxxxxxxx (by Garmin0753)
• Submit #XXXXXX: Xxxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx Xx.x Xxx Xxxxxxxxx (by Customeres)

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