CVE-2010-2516
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 2daybiz Multi Level Marketing (MLM) Software allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the username parameter to (1) index.php and (2) admin/index.php. NOTE: the provenance of this information is unknown; the details are obtained solely 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 · moderate confidenceSQL injection vulnerability in 2daybiz MLM Software allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the username parameter in index.php and admin/index.php. The vulnerability stems from unsanitized user input being directly incorporated into SQL queries.
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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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Identify 2daybiz MLM Software installationSearch for directories or files containing '2daybiz' or 'mlm' in the web root, or look for known files like index.php with 'Multi Level Marketing' or 'MLM' brandingAffected if The software is present on the system and accessible via web server
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Locate vulnerable entry pointsVerify the presence of index.php and admin/index.php in the web application directoryAffected if Both files exist in the expected paths
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Inspect username parameter handling in index.phpOpen index.php and search for code that handles the 'username' parameter (e.g., $_POST['username'] or $_GET['username']) and directly concatenates it into SQL queries without sanitization functions like mysql_real_escape_string, parameterized queries, or prepared statementsAffected if The username parameter is used directly in SQL queries without proper escaping or parameterized queries
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Inspect username parameter handling in admin/index.phpOpen admin/index.php and search for code handling the 'username' parameter similarly to step 3Affected if The username parameter is used directly in SQL queries without proper escaping or parameterized queries
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Check application accessibilityDetermine if the web application is accessible over a network by attempting to access the login or registration page via HTTP/HTTPSAffected if The vulnerable pages are reachable from a network, allowing external attackers to send malicious username values
The environment is affected if 2daybiz MLM Software is installed and either index.php or admin/index.php contains SQL queries that incorporate the username parameter without using parameterized queries, prepared statements, or input sanitization.
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/prepared statements for the username parameter in both affected files, add input validation, and verify no other parameters are similarly vulnerable.
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2010-2516 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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