CVE-2023-3275
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 · uneditedA vulnerability classified as critical was found in PHPGurukul Rail Pass Management System 1.0. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the file /view-pass-detail.php of the component POST Request Handler. The manipulation of the argument searchdata leads to sql injection. The attack can be launched remotely. The identifier VDB-231625 was assigned to this vulnerability.
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 confidenceA critical SQL injection vulnerability exists in PHPGurukul Rail Pass Management System 1.0. The view-pass-detail.php file's POST request handler does not properly sanitize the searchdata parameter, allowing remote attackers to inject arbitrary SQL queries. Successful exploitation can lead to unauthorized database access, data exfiltration, or potential system compromise.
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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 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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Locate the PHPGurukul Rail Pass Management System installationSearch the web server document root for the rail pass management system files, specifically looking for the view-pass-detail.php fileAffected if The application is installed on the server and view-pass-detail.php exists
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Verify the application versionCheck the application version number (typically found in a readme file, changelog, or version configuration) and confirm it is exactly 1.0Affected if The installed version is exactly 1.0
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Inspect the vulnerable fileLocate and examine the view-pass-detail.php file on the web server. Search for code handling the 'searchdata' POST parameter to determine if it is being used in SQL queries without proper sanitizationAffected if The view-pass-detail.php file contains code that passes the searchdata parameter directly to SQL queries without using prepared statements or parameter binding
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Check web server access logsReview web server access logs for POST requests to view-pass-detail.php containing a searchdata parameter. Look for unusual SQL syntax in the parameter values that may indicate exploitation attemptsAffected if Evidence exists of malicious SQL injection payloads in searchdata parameter logs
A user is affected if they are running PHPGurukul Rail Pass Management System version 1.0 with the view-pass-detail.php file present and accessible, where the searchdata parameter is handled in SQL queries without prepared statements.
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 all database queries using the searchdata parameter. Apply input validation and output encoding. Consider deploying a WAF as an interim measure while the code fix is developed and deployed.
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