CVE-2024-2528
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 classified as critical. This affects an unknown part of the file /admin/update-rooms.php. The manipulation of the argument room_id leads to sql injection. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The identifier VDB-256965 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 confidenceSQL injection vulnerability in MAGESH-K21 Online-College-Event-Hall-Reservation-System 1.0 at /admin/update-rooms.php via the room_id parameter. The application fails to properly sanitize user input before using it in SQL queries, allowing remote attackers to inject malicious SQL statements. CVSS 8.8 indicates high impact with potential for unauthorized data access and modification.
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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
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/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 application installationSearch the web root for the presence of the MAGESH-K21 Online College Event Hall Reservation System by looking for directories or files containing 'event-hall' or 'MAGESH' in the path, or check for the presence of update-rooms.php file.Affected if The application files are found on the system.
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Verify the vulnerable file existsCheck if the file /admin/update-rooms.php exists in the web directory. This is the specific file containing the SQL injection vulnerability.Affected if The file /admin/update-rooms.php is present in the application installation.
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Confirm the application versionCheck for version indicators in the application such as a version file, footer text, meta tags, or any readme/version documentation. The affected version is 1.0.Affected if The installed version is MAGESH-K21 Online College Event Hall Reservation System version 1.0.
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Verify admin access is enabledConfirm the /admin/ interface is accessible on the deployed instance. The vulnerability is in the admin panel at /admin/update-rooms.php.Affected if The admin interface at /admin/ is accessible and the update-rooms.php endpoint responds to requests.
If the MAGESH-K21 Online College Event Hall Reservation System version 1.0 is installed with the /admin/update-rooms.php file accessible, the system is affected by this SQL injection vulnerability via the room_id parameter.
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 dataReplace dynamic SQL queries with prepared statements/parameterized queries in update-rooms.php and audit all other admin files for similar SQL injection vulnerabilities. Apply input validation and output encoding as defense-in-depth.
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