CVE-2024-44651

6.5 MEDIUM

📋 TL;DR

Kashipara Ecommerce Website 1.0 contains a SQL injection vulnerability in the password recovery function. Attackers can manipulate the recover_email parameter to execute arbitrary SQL commands, potentially compromising the database. This affects all deployments of version 1.0 that haven't been patched.

💻 Affected Systems

Products:
  • Kashipara Ecommerce Website
Versions: 1.0
Operating Systems: All
Default Config Vulnerable: ⚠️ Yes
Notes: Affects the default installation with no modifications. The vulnerability is in the core password recovery functionality.

📦 What is this software?

⚠️ Risk & Real-World Impact

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Worst Case

Complete database compromise including extraction of all user data, administrative credentials, and potential remote code execution on the database server.

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Likely Case

Data exfiltration of user information, authentication bypass, and potential privilege escalation within the application.

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If Mitigated

Limited information disclosure if proper input validation and parameterized queries are implemented.

🌐 Internet-Facing: HIGH
🏢 Internal Only: MEDIUM

🎯 Exploit Status

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

SQL injection via HTTP POST request to user_password_recover.php with crafted recover_email parameter. No authentication required.

🛠️ Fix & Mitigation

✅ Official Fix

Patch Version: Unknown

Vendor Advisory: None available

Restart Required: No

Instructions:

1. Download the vulnerable file user_password_recover.php
2. Replace raw SQL queries with parameterized prepared statements
3. Implement proper input validation for email parameter
4. Test the password recovery functionality

🔧 Temporary Workarounds

Web Application Firewall Rule

all

Block SQL injection patterns in the recover_email parameter

WAF-specific configuration required

Disable Password Recovery

linux

Temporarily disable the vulnerable password recovery endpoint

mv user_password_recover.php user_password_recover.php.disabled

🧯 If You Can't Patch

  • Implement network segmentation to isolate the ecommerce server from critical databases
  • Enable detailed logging and monitoring for SQL injection attempts on the password recovery endpoint

🔍 How to Verify

Check if Vulnerable:

Send a POST request to user_password_recover.php with recover_email parameter containing SQL injection payload like ' OR '1'='1

Check Version:

Check the source code or documentation for version information

Verify Fix Applied:

Test with SQL injection payloads and verify they are rejected or properly sanitized

📡 Detection & Monitoring

Log Indicators:

  • Unusual SQL errors in application logs
  • Multiple failed password recovery attempts with SQL-like patterns

Network Indicators:

  • HTTP POST requests to user_password_recover.php containing SQL keywords in parameters

SIEM Query:

source="web_logs" AND uri="*user_password_recover.php*" AND (param="*OR*" OR param="*UNION*" OR param="*SELECT*" OR param="*--*" OR param="*'*'*'")

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