PHPGurukul Job Portal 1.0 controller.php Category sql injection

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A vulnerability has been found in PHPGurukul Job Portal 1.0 and classified as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing of the file /jobportal/admin/category/controller.php. This manipulation of the argument Category causes sql injection. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2024-8466. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit.

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A vulnerability classified as critical was found in PHPGurukul Job Portal 1.0. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown part of the file /jobportal/admin/category/controller.php. The manipulation of the argument CATEGORY 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 CATEGORY parameter in /jobportal/admin/category/controller.php, and retrieve all the information stored in it.

The weakness was presented by Rafael Pedrero. It is possible to read the advisory at incibe.es. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2024-8466 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 of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 09/06/2024). The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1505 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

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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

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• free

Website

• Vendor: https://phpgurukul.com/

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