CVE-2021-44249

9.8 CRITICAL

📋 TL;DR

Online Motorcycle Rental System 1.0 has a blind time-based SQL injection vulnerability in its login portal that allows attackers to extract database credentials. This affects all installations of version 1.0. Attackers can use this to gain full database access and potentially compromise the entire system.

💻 Affected Systems

Products:
  • Online Motorcycle (Bike) Rental System
Versions: 1.0
Operating Systems: Any OS running PHP/MySQL
Default Config Vulnerable: ⚠️ Yes
Notes: Affects all default installations of version 1.0. No specific OS requirements.

📦 What is this software?

⚠️ Risk & Real-World Impact

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Worst Case

Complete system compromise with database credential theft leading to data exfiltration, privilege escalation, and potential ransomware deployment.

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Likely Case

Database credential theft enabling unauthorized access to sensitive customer data, payment information, and system configuration.

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If Mitigated

Limited impact with proper input validation and database permissions restricting damage to non-critical data.

🌐 Internet-Facing: HIGH - The vulnerability is in the login portal which is typically internet-facing, allowing remote exploitation.
🏢 Internal Only: MEDIUM - If system is only internally accessible, risk is reduced but still significant for authenticated users.

🎯 Exploit Status

Public PoC: ⚠️ Yes
Weaponized: CONFIRMED
Unauthenticated Exploit: ⚠️ Yes
Complexity: LOW

Public exploit code available on Exploit-DB. Time-based blind SQL injection requires automated tools but is well-documented.

🛠️ Fix & Mitigation

✅ Official Fix

Patch Version: Unknown

Vendor Advisory: None available

Restart Required: No

Instructions:

No official patch available. Consider migrating to a supported system or implementing workarounds.

🔧 Temporary Workarounds

Input Validation and Parameterized Queries

all

Implement proper input validation and use parameterized queries/prepared statements for all database interactions.

Modify PHP login scripts to use prepared statements: $stmt = $conn->prepare('SELECT * FROM users WHERE username = ? AND password = ?'); $stmt->bind_param('ss', $username, $password);

Web Application Firewall (WAF)

all

Deploy WAF rules to block SQL injection patterns in login requests.

ModSecurity rule: SecRule ARGS "@detectSQLi" "id:1001,phase:2,deny,status:403,msg:'SQL Injection Attempt'"

🧯 If You Can't Patch

  • Isolate the system behind a reverse proxy with strict input filtering
  • Implement network segmentation to limit database access from web server

🔍 How to Verify

Check if Vulnerable:

Test login form with SQL injection payloads like: admin' AND SLEEP(5)--

Check Version:

Check system documentation or configuration files for version information

Verify Fix Applied:

Attempt SQL injection payloads and verify they're rejected without database interaction or delay

📡 Detection & Monitoring

Log Indicators:

  • Multiple failed login attempts with SQL keywords (UNION, SELECT, SLEEP)
  • Unusual response times from login endpoint
  • Database error messages in web logs

Network Indicators:

  • Repeated POST requests to login.php with SQL payloads
  • Unusual database connection patterns from web server

SIEM Query:

source="web.log" AND (url="/login.php" OR url="/login") AND (message="*SLEEP*" OR message="*UNION*" OR message="*SELECT*")

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