CVE-2024-13005
📋 TL;DR
This critical SQL injection vulnerability in the 1000 Projects Attendance Tracking Management System allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the attendance_id parameter in /admin/attendance_action.php. Organizations using version 1.0 of this system are affected and could have their attendance databases compromised.
💻 Affected Systems
- 1000 Projects Attendance Tracking Management System
📦 What is this software?
⚠️ Risk & Real-World Impact
Worst Case
Complete database compromise including data theft, data manipulation, privilege escalation to admin access, and potential server takeover via SQL injection to RCE chaining.
Likely Case
Unauthorized access to attendance records, personal information exposure, data manipulation, and potential lateral movement within the database.
If Mitigated
Limited impact with proper input validation and database permissions, potentially only error messages or partial data exposure.
🎯 Exploit Status
Exploit details are publicly available on GitHub and vuldb, making this easily exploitable by attackers with basic SQL injection knowledge.
🛠️ Fix & Mitigation
✅ Official Fix
Patch Version: Unknown
Vendor Advisory: https://1000projects.org/
Restart Required: No
Instructions:
No official patch available. Consider implementing input validation and parameterized queries in the source code, or migrate to a different system.
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Web Application Firewall (WAF) Rules
allImplement WAF rules to block SQL injection patterns targeting the attendance_id parameter
Access Restriction
linuxRestrict access to /admin/attendance_action.php to authorized IP addresses only
# Apache:
<Files "attendance_action.php">
Require ip 192.168.1.0/24
</Files>
# Nginx:
location ~ /admin/attendance_action\.php$ {
allow 192.168.1.0/24;
deny all;
}
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Implement network segmentation to isolate the vulnerable system from critical assets
- Enable detailed logging and monitoring for SQL injection attempts on the affected endpoint
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Test the /admin/attendance_action.php endpoint with SQL injection payloads in the attendance_id parameter (e.g., attendance_id=1' OR '1'='1)Check Version:
Check the system version in the application interface or configuration filesVerify Fix Applied:
Verify that SQL injection payloads no longer execute and return proper error handling or rejection📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- Unusual SQL queries in database logs
- Multiple failed login attempts or parameter manipulation in web server logs for attendance_action.php
- SQL syntax errors in application logs
Network Indicators:
- Unusual outbound database connections from web server
- HTTP requests to attendance_action.php with SQL keywords in parameters
SIEM Query:
source="web_server" AND uri="/admin/attendance_action.php" AND (param="attendance_id" AND value MATCHES "(?i)(union|select|insert|update|delete|drop|exec|--|#|\*|;)")