CVE-2024-2520
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 was found in MAGESH-K21 Online-College-Event-Hall-Reservation-System 1.0. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the file /admin/bookdate.php. The manipulation of the argument room_id leads to sql injection. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The identifier VDB-256957 was assigned to this vulnerability. NOTE: The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.
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 SQL injection vulnerability in the room_id parameter of /admin/bookdate.php in MAGESH-K21 Online-College-Event-Hall-Reservation-System 1.0 allows remote unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary SQL commands, potentially leading to full 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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Locate the affected PHP fileSearch for the file /admin/bookdate.php in the web root directory of the application installationAffected if The file exists and is part of a MAGESH-K21 Online College Event Hall Reservation System installation
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Confirm the application versionCheck the application version identifier in the source code, README, or any version file included with the installationAffected if The version is exactly 1.0
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Verify the vulnerable parameter existsOpen /admin/bookdate.php and search for usage of the room_id parameter in the codeAffected if The room_id parameter is used in SQL queries without visible input sanitization or prepared statements
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Check network accessibility of the endpointDetermine if the /admin/bookdate.php endpoint is accessible from the network without authenticationAffected if The endpoint is reachable remotely without requiring login credentials
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Inspect database query handlingReview the code around the room_id parameter in bookdate.php to see if it is directly concatenated into SQL queries or uses parameterized queriesAffected if The room_id value appears to be concatenated directly into SQL statements without escaping or prepared statement usage
A user is affected if they are running version 1.0 of MAGESH-K21 Online College Event Hall Reservation System with the /admin/bookdate.php endpoint accessible and the room_id parameter used in unsanitized 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 database operations, apply input validation and sanitization on the room_id parameter, and consider deploying a WAF as an interim control until the code is patched.
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