CVE-2023-26959
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 · uneditedPhpgurukul Park Ticketing Management System 1.0 is vulnerable to SQL Injection via the User Name parameter.
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 confidencePhpgurukul Park Ticketing Management System 1.0 contains a SQL Injection vulnerability in the User Name parameter. This allows attackers to interfere with database queries, potentially extracting sensitive data, bypassing authentication, or modifying database contents. The critical CVSS score indicates the vulnerability is easily exploitable and has severe impact.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
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 data= 1.0CVSS 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
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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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Confirm Phpgurukul Park Ticketing Management System installationLocate the application directory on your web server. Look for version indicators in files such as index.php, about.php, or a README file that displays version 1.0Affected if The application directory contains Park Ticketing Management System files showing version 1.0
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Identify the login functionalitySearch the application source code for files handling user authentication, typically login.php or index.php. Look for forms accepting a User Name or username input fieldAffected if A login form accepts a User Name parameter that gets processed server-side
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Locate the User Name parameter handling codeIn the authentication logic, find the PHP code that processes the User Name input from the login form. Look for where $_POST['username'] or similar is used in database queriesAffected if The User Name field from a POST/GET request is directly used in SQL queries
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Check for SQL injection vulnerability in database queriesExamine the code handling the User Name parameter. Look for SQL queries constructed by string concatenation or string interpolation instead of prepared statements. Search for patterns like 'SELECT * FROM users WHERE username = '" . $_POST['username']Affected if The User Name parameter is inserted directly into an SQL query string without using prepared statements, parameterized queries, or proper escaping
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Verify input validation and sanitizationReview whether the User Name input undergoes any validation or sanitization (such as mysqli_real_escape_string, htmlspecialchars, or input filtering) before being used in database queriesAffected if There is no input validation, sanitization, or use of parameterized queries protecting the User Name field before database execution
You are affected if you are running Phpgurukul Park Ticketing Management System version 1.0 and the User Name login parameter is handled with direct string concatenation in SQL queries without 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 prepared statements/parameterized queries for all user inputs, particularly the User Name field, to prevent SQL injection. Conduct a full code audit to identify and remediate other potential injection points.
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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2023-26959 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.
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- 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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