CVE-2024-33971
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 'username' in '/login.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 confidenceSQL injection vulnerability in the username parameter of /login.php in version 1.0 of a PayPal, Credit Card and Debit Card Payment application. 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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Identify installed Janobe applicationSearch the web root for known Janobe application files or check application metadata for product name (Credit Card, Debit Card Payment, PayPal, School Attendance Monitoring, or School Event Management System)Affected if Any of these Janobe products are installed and the version is 1.0
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Locate login.phpFind login.php in the web application directory - typically in the root or /admin/ folderAffected if login.php exists in the application
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Verify application versionCheck version.php, README.txt, or application footer/admin panel for version number = 1.0Affected if Version is exactly 1.0
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Inspect username parameter handling in login.phpOpen login.php and search for SQL queries using the username parameter - look for dynamic string concatenation like 'SELECT * FROM users WHERE username=' + $username or similar patterns without parameterized queriesAffected if The username parameter is used in SQL queries without prepared statements or parameter binding
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Confirm vulnerable SQL patternCheck if the login.php code builds SQL queries by directly inserting the username variable into the query string without using mysqli_prepare, PDO prepare, or similar parameterized query mechanismsAffected if SQL queries concatenate user input directly into the query string for the username field
If any Janobe application (Credit Card, Debit Card, PayPal, School Attendance, or School Event Management) at version 1.0 is installed with a login.php that uses direct string concatenation for the username parameter in SQL queries, the environment is affected by CVE-2024-33971.
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 parameterized queries (prepared statements) and implement proper input validation on the username parameter in login.php to sanitize user input.
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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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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