CVE-2024-10137
📋 TL;DR
This critical SQL injection vulnerability in Pharmacy Management System 1.0 allows attackers to manipulate database queries through the /manage_medicine.php endpoint. Attackers can potentially read, modify, or delete sensitive pharmacy data including patient records, medication information, and system credentials. All users running the vulnerable version are affected.
💻 Affected Systems
- Pharmacy Management System
📦 What is this software?
⚠️ Risk & Real-World Impact
Worst Case
Complete database compromise allowing data theft, data destruction, or full system takeover through privilege escalation.
Likely Case
Unauthorized access to sensitive pharmacy data including patient records, medication inventory, and potentially administrative credentials.
If Mitigated
Limited impact with proper input validation and database permissions, potentially only allowing data viewing in specific tables.
🎯 Exploit Status
Exploit code is publicly available in GitHub gist; manipulation of 'id' parameter leads to SQL injection without authentication.
🛠️ Fix & Mitigation
✅ Official Fix
Patch Version: Unknown
Vendor Advisory: https://code-projects.org/
Restart Required: No
Instructions:
No official patch available. Contact vendor for updates. Consider implementing parameterized queries and input validation in the source code.
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Web Application Firewall (WAF) Rules
allImplement WAF rules to block SQL injection patterns targeting /manage_medicine.php
# Example ModSecurity rule: SecRule ARGS:id "@detectSQLi" "id:1001,phase:2,deny,status:403,msg:'SQLi attempt detected'"
# Add to .htaccess: RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} action=delete.*id=.*[\'\"\;\-\-] RewriteRule ^manage_medicine\.php$ - [F]
Input Validation Filter
allAdd PHP input validation before processing the id parameter
<?php
// Add to manage_medicine.php before processing
$id = $_GET['id'];
if (!is_numeric($id) || $id <= 0) {
die('Invalid ID parameter');
}
?>
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Block external access to /manage_medicine.php using firewall rules or web server configuration
- Implement database-level protections: use read-only database user for application, enable database auditing, and restrict privileged operations
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Test by accessing /manage_medicine.php?action=delete&id=1'-- and observing database errors or unexpected behaviorCheck Version:
Check PHP files for version comments or contact system administratorVerify Fix Applied:
Attempt SQL injection payloads and verify they are rejected or properly sanitized without database errors📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- Unusual database queries from web server
- Multiple failed delete operations
- SQL syntax errors in application logs
- Requests to /manage_medicine.php with suspicious id parameters
Network Indicators:
- HTTP requests containing SQL keywords in id parameter
- Unusual traffic patterns to medication management endpoint
SIEM Query:
source="web_logs" AND uri_path="/manage_medicine.php" AND (query_string="*action=delete*" AND (query_string="*id=*'*" OR query_string="*id=*--*" OR query_string="*id=*;*"))