CVE-2024-44659
📋 TL;DR
PHPGurukul Online Shopping Portal 2.0 contains a SQL injection vulnerability in the forgot-password.php page's email parameter. This allows attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands on the database. Anyone running this specific version of the shopping portal software is affected.
💻 Affected Systems
- PHPGurukul Online Shopping Portal
📦 What is this software?
⚠️ Risk & Real-World Impact
Worst Case
Complete compromise of the database, leading to data theft (customer PII, payment info), data destruction, or full system takeover via subsequent attacks.
Likely Case
Extraction of sensitive user data (usernames, hashed passwords, personal details) and potential authentication bypass to gain administrative access.
If Mitigated
Attack is blocked at the web application firewall or input validation layer, preventing SQL execution.
🎯 Exploit Status
Exploit requires no authentication and is simple to execute via crafted HTTP requests to the vulnerable endpoint.
🛠️ Fix & Mitigation
✅ Official Fix
Patch Version: Unknown
Vendor Advisory: https://phpgurukul.com/shopping-portal-free-download/
Restart Required: No
Instructions:
No official patch available. Consider applying manual fixes or migrating to a different platform.
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Input Validation and Parameterized Queries
allModify forgot-password.php to validate email input and use prepared statements.
Edit forgot-password.php to replace raw SQL with parameterized queries using PDO or mysqli.
Web Application Firewall (WAF) Rule
allDeploy a WAF rule to block SQL injection patterns targeting the forgot-password.php endpoint.
Configure WAF to detect and block requests with SQL keywords in the email parameter.
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Disable the forgot-password.php functionality entirely if not needed.
- Implement network segmentation to restrict access to the vulnerable system.
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Send a crafted request to forgot-password.php with email parameter containing SQL injection payload (e.g., ' OR '1'='1).Check Version:
Check the software version in the admin panel or via file metadata.Verify Fix Applied:
Test the same payload after applying fixes; it should return an error or no database interaction.📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- Unusual SQL errors in web server logs
- Multiple failed password reset attempts with suspicious email patterns
Network Indicators:
- HTTP requests to forgot-password.php containing SQL keywords (UNION, SELECT, etc.)
SIEM Query:
source="web_logs" AND uri="/forgot-password.php" AND (email CONTAINS "UNION" OR email CONTAINS "SELECT" OR email CONTAINS "' OR")