PHPGurukul Job Portal 1.0 controller.php user_id sql injection

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A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in PHPGurukul Job Portal 1.0. This impacts an unknown function of the file /jobportal/admin/user/controller.php. This manipulation of the argument user_id causes sql injection. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2024-8465. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists.

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A vulnerability has been found in PHPGurukul Job Portal 1.0 and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code of the file /jobportal/admin/user/controller.php. The manipulation of the argument user_id with an unknown input leads to a sql injection vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

SQL injection vulnerability, by which an attacker could send a specially designed query through user_id parameter in /jobportal/admin/user/controller.php, and retrieve all the information stored in it.

The weakness was disclosed by Rafael Pedrero. The advisory is shared at incibe.es. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2024-8465 since 09/05/2024. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. 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 09/06/2024). MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1505 for this issue.

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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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• PHPGurukul

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• Job Portal

Version

• 1.0

License

• free

Website

• Vendor: https://phpgurukul.com/

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