CVE-2008-0543
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedMultiple SQL injection vulnerabilities in Pre Dynamic Institution allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the (1) sloginid and (2) spass parameters to (a) login.asp and (b) siteadmin/login.asp. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidenceMultiple SQL injection vulnerabilities exist in Pre Dynamic Institution's authentication functionality. The sloginid and spass parameters in both login.asp and siteadmin/login.asp are vulnerable to SQL injection, allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands by injecting malicious SQL syntax through these unsanitized input fields.
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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE dataall versionsCVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Authentication
- None
- Confidentiality
- Partial
- Integrity
- Partial
- Availability
- Partial
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Verify Pre Dynamic Institution is installedSearch the web server document root for files or directories related to Pre Dynamic Institution, such as login.asp, or check the application's installation location.Affected if The Pre Dynamic Institution application is present on the server.
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Check for vulnerable login.asp filesLocate and examine login.asp in the root directory and siteadmin/login.asp subdirectory. Use file system searches (e.g., find, dir) or examine the deployed web application files.Affected if Either login.asp or siteadmin/login.asp exists in the deployment.
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Inspect authentication form parametersAccess the login pages and view the HTML source or capture the HTTP request to identify if the forms submit sloginid and spass parameters.Affected if The login forms use parameters named sloginid and spass.
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Verify if input sanitization is absentReview the source code of login.asp and siteadmin/login.asp to check whether the sloginid and spass parameters are used directly in SQL queries without parameterization or input validation.Affected if The code passes sloginid and spass directly to SQL queries without prepared statements, parameterization, or input validation.
A user is affected if Pre Dynamic Institution is deployed and the login.asp files contain unsanitized sloginid and spass parameters used in SQL queries.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataImplement parameterized queries or prepared statements for all database queries using user input, particularly in the authentication logic. Additionally, apply input validation and output encoding for the sloginid and spass parameters. Given the high CVSS score and trivial exploitability, prioritize immediate remediation.
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