CVE-2024-33970
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 · uneditedSQL injection vulnerability in PayPal, Credit Card and Debit Card Payment affecting version 1.0. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a specially crafted query to the server and retrieve all the information stored in it through the following 'studid' in '/candidate/controller.php' 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 · high confidenceA SQL injection vulnerability exists in the 'studid' parameter of /candidate/controller.php in version 1.0 of the PayPal, Credit Card and Debit Card Payment system. An attacker can send specially crafted SQL queries through this parameter to exfiltrate sensitive data from the database.
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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= 1.0= 1.0= 1.0= 1.0= 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
- None
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
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 application versionLocate and inspect the application version file, typically named version.php, README, or similar documentation in the web root. Alternatively, check the source code for a version constant or variable.Affected if The installed version is 1.0 (all versions 1.0 of the listed Janobe products are affected)
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Locate vulnerable fileSearch for the file /candidate/controller.php in the web application directory structure.Affected if The file /candidate/controller.php exists in the web root, indicating the vulnerable component is present
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Check for vulnerable parameter usageOpen candidate/controller.php and search for code handling the 'studid' parameter (e.g., $_GET['studid'] or $_POST['studid']). Inspect how this parameter is used in SQL queries - look for direct string concatenation rather than prepared statements or parameter binding.Affected if The 'studid' parameter is used in SQL queries without parameterized queries or input sanitization (the code contains unsanitized SQL string construction with this parameter)
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Verify application accessibilityDetermine if the web application is accessible over HTTP/HTTPS. Attempt to access the candidate/controller.php endpoint directly or check server configuration for exposed routes.Affected if The application is publicly accessible or accessible from untrusted networks, allowing an attacker to send crafted requests to the vulnerable endpoint
You are affected if you are running version 1.0 of any Janobe product (Credit Card, Debit Card, PayPal, School Attendance, or School Event Management), the candidate/controller.php file exists, and the 'studid' parameter in that file is processed through unsanitized SQL queries that are network-accessible.
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 query construction with parameterized queries or prepared statements in candidate/controller.php for the 'studid' parameter, and validate/sanitize all user inputs before database operations.
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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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