CVE-2024-0474
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 code-projects Dormitory Management System 1.0. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the file login.php. The manipulation of the argument username leads to sql injection. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The associated identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-250579.
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 the login.php file of the Dormitory Management System 1.0 allows remote attackers to inject malicious SQL queries through the username parameter, potentially enabling authentication bypass, data exfiltration, or database 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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Identify if Dormitory Management System is installedLocate the web application directory. Check for files or folders named 'Dormitory Management System' or similar. Look for login.php in the web root or application directories.Affected if The application is present on the server and version is 1.0
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Locate the login.php fileSearch for login.php in the web application directory structure. Common paths include the root directory or a /login/ subfolder.Affected if login.php exists in the application files
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Inspect login.php for SQL injection vulnerabilityOpen login.php and examine the code handling the username parameter. Look for SQL queries that concatenate user input directly into query strings without parameterized queries or prepared statements.Affected if The code uses string concatenation or interpolation to build SQL queries with the username parameter (e.g., SELECT ... WHERE username = '" + username + "')
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Check if application is network-accessibleVerify the web server hosting the Dormitory Management System is accessible over the network or internet.Affected if The login.php page is reachable via HTTP/HTTPS from remote locations
The environment is affected if the Code Projects Dormitory Management System version 1.0 is installed with its login.php file accessible over the network and the username parameter is handled via direct string concatenation 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 (prepared statements) for all SQL queries in login.php and apply proper input validation and escaping for user-supplied data.
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