CVE-2024-10739
📋 TL;DR
This critical SQL injection vulnerability in E-Health Care System 1.0 allows attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the email and admin_pswd parameters in the admin login page. Remote attackers can potentially bypass authentication, access sensitive healthcare data, or compromise the database server. All deployments of version 1.0 with the vulnerable adminlogin.php file are affected.
💻 Affected Systems
- code-projects E-Health Care System
📦 What is this software?
⚠️ Risk & Real-World Impact
Worst Case
Complete database compromise leading to exposure of all patient records, administrative credentials theft, and potential remote code execution on the database server.
Likely Case
Authentication bypass allowing unauthorized admin access, followed by data exfiltration of sensitive healthcare information and potential system takeover.
If Mitigated
Limited impact with proper input validation and WAF rules blocking SQL injection patterns, though risk remains if workarounds are bypassed.
🎯 Exploit Status
Public exploit available on GitHub. Attack requires no authentication and uses simple SQL injection techniques.
🛠️ Fix & Mitigation
✅ Official Fix
Patch Version: Not available
Vendor Advisory: Not available
Restart Required: No
Instructions:
No official patch available. Consider replacing with alternative software or implementing custom fixes with parameterized queries.
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Input Validation and Sanitization
allAdd server-side validation to sanitize email and password inputs before processing SQL queries.
Modify /Admin/adminlogin.php to use prepared statements with parameterized queries
Web Application Firewall Rules
allDeploy WAF rules to block SQL injection patterns targeting the admin login endpoint.
Add WAF rule: Block requests containing SQL keywords like UNION, SELECT, INSERT, DELETE, DROP, OR 1=1 targeting /Admin/adminlogin.php
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Isolate the E-Health Care System behind a reverse proxy with strict input filtering
- Implement network segmentation to restrict database server access only to the application server
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Test the /Admin/adminlogin.php endpoint with SQL injection payloads in email parameter (e.g., ' OR '1'='1).Check Version:
Check the software version in the application interface or configuration files.Verify Fix Applied:
Verify that SQL injection payloads no longer bypass authentication or return database errors.📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- Multiple failed login attempts with SQL keywords in parameters
- Unusual database query patterns from web server IP
Network Indicators:
- HTTP POST requests to /Admin/adminlogin.php containing SQL injection patterns
SIEM Query:
source="web_logs" AND uri="/Admin/adminlogin.php" AND (request_body CONTAINS "UNION" OR request_body CONTAINS "SELECT" OR request_body CONTAINS "OR 1=1")