PHPGurukul Online Nurse Hiring System 1.0 password-recovery.php mobileno sql injection

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A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in PHPGurukul Online Nurse Hiring System 1.0. This impacts an unknown function of the file /admin/password-recovery.php. This manipulation of the argument mobileno causes sql injection. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2024-54842. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists.

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A vulnerability was found in PHPGurukul Online Nurse Hiring System 1.0. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code of the file /admin/password-recovery.php. The manipulation of the argument mobileno 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:

A SQL injection vulnerability was found in phpgurukul Online Nurse Hiring System v1.0 in /admin/password-recovery.php via the mobileno parameter.

It is possible to read the advisory at github.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2024-54842 since 12/06/2024. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. 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 06/21/2025). The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1505 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

By approaching the search of inurl:admin/password-recovery.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 EUVD (EUVD-2024-52679). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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• PHPGurukul

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• Online Nurse Hiring System

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• 1.0

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• free

Website

• Vendor: https://phpgurukul.com/

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