Summary
A high-severity SQL injection vulnerability affects the Submission Form functionality in the Criminal Management System. Remote attackers may manipulate form parameters and potentially access, alter, or interfere with database information when those values are incorporated into database queries without adequate protection.
A high-severity SQL injection vulnerability affects the Submission Form functionality in the Criminal Management System. Remote attackers may manipulate form parameters and potentially access, alter, or interfere with database information when those values are incorporated into database queries without adequate protection.
Affected context
The weakness occurs in the home.php functionality associated with the Submission Form in affected rolling-release versions of vraj404 Criminal Management System. It may be present when request parameters such as id, name, offName, crime, dob, arrDate, crimeDate, sex, address, folder, or more are accepted remotely and used in database operations without consistent parameterization or validation.
The weakness occurs in the home.php functionality associated with the Submission Form in affected rolling-release versions of vraj404 Criminal Management System. It may be present when request parameters such as id, name, offName, crime, dob, arrDate, crimeDate, sex, address, folder, or more are accepted remotely and used in database operations without consistent parameterization or validation.
Exploit preconditions
- Attack surface: Remote web application request handling
- Required access: Network access to the Submission Form; authentication requirements may depend on deployment configuration
- Trigger point: Processing of user-controlled parameters by
home.php - Why exploitation is possible: Input may reach database queries in a form that permits SQL syntax to influence query behavior
- Exposure consideration: Public exploit information may increase the likelihood of attempted attacks
- Attack surface: Remote web application request handling
- Required access: Network access to the Submission Form; authentication requirements may depend on deployment configuration
- Trigger point: Processing of user-controlled parameters by
home.php - Why exploitation is possible: Input may reach database queries in a form that permits SQL syntax to influence query behavior
- Exposure consideration: Public exploit information may increase the likelihood of attempted attacks
Why this happens
The underlying issue is the failure to maintain a strict separation between SQL code and user-supplied data. When form parameters are concatenated into queries, or are otherwise processed without reliable parameter binding and contextual validation, an attacker may influence the structure or behavior of a database operation. This maps primarily to CWE-89: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') and is also related to CWE-74: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component.
The underlying issue is the failure to maintain a strict separation between SQL code and user-supplied data. When form parameters are concatenated into queries, or are otherwise processed without reliable parameter binding and contextual validation, an attacker may influence the structure or behavior of a database operation. This maps primarily to CWE-89: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') and is also related to CWE-74: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component.
Potential impact
- An attacker may read sensitive records from the application database.
- Unauthorized users could alter, insert, or delete database content.
- Application authentication or authorization data could be exposed or affected.
- Database availability may be degraded through disruptive queries.
- Compromised data could support further attacks against users or connected systems.
- An attacker may read sensitive records from the application database.
- Unauthorized users could alter, insert, or delete database content.
- Application authentication or authorization data could be exposed or affected.
- Database availability may be degraded through disruptive queries.
- Compromised data could support further attacks against users or connected systems.
General mitigation guidance
Mitigation generally centers on ensuring that database commands cannot be reinterpreted through request data.
Common defensive patterns include:
- Use parameterized queries or prepared statements for every database operation.
- Apply allowlist-based validation appropriate to each field's expected type and format.
- Avoid constructing SQL statements through string concatenation.
- Restrict database accounts to the minimum permissions required by the application.
- Separate application database credentials and limit access to sensitive tables and operations.
- Return generic database errors to clients while recording useful security telemetry internally.
- Treat client-side validation as supplemental rather than a trust boundary.
Mitigation generally centers on ensuring that database commands cannot be reinterpreted through request data.
Common defensive patterns include:
- Use parameterized queries or prepared statements for every database operation.
- Apply allowlist-based validation appropriate to each field's expected type and format.
- Avoid constructing SQL statements through string concatenation.
- Restrict database accounts to the minimum permissions required by the application.
- Separate application database credentials and limit access to sensitive tables and operations.
- Return generic database errors to clients while recording useful security telemetry internally.
- Treat client-side validation as supplemental rather than a trust boundary.
How teams detect issues like this
Organizations commonly look for this class of weakness through:
- Static analysis rules identifying SQL construction from request parameters.
- Code review checks for string concatenation or interpolation in database queries.
- Tests that verify prepared statements are used across all submission-handling paths.
- Web application firewall or gateway policies monitoring anomalous database-oriented input patterns.
- Database audit logs that identify unusual query structures, error spikes, or unexpected access to sensitive tables.
- Automated security testing and code review tools that trace untrusted request data into database APIs.
Organizations commonly look for this class of weakness through:
- Static analysis rules identifying SQL construction from request parameters.
- Code review checks for string concatenation or interpolation in database queries.
- Tests that verify prepared statements are used across all submission-handling paths.
- Web application firewall or gateway policies monitoring anomalous database-oriented input patterns.
- Database audit logs that identify unusual query structures, error spikes, or unexpected access to sensitive tables.
- Automated security testing and code review tools that trace untrusted request data into database APIs.
Sources
| Source | Link |
|---|---|
| github. | github.com/ |
| vuldb. | vuldb.com/ |
| vuldb. | vuldb.com/ |
| vuldb. | vuldb.com/ |
| vuldb. | vuldb.com/ |
