CVE-2024-37831
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 · uneditedItsourcecode Payroll Management System 1.0 is vulnerable to SQL Injection in payroll_items.php via the ID 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 confidenceItsourcecode Payroll Management System 1.0 contains a SQL Injection vulnerability in payroll_items.php through the ID parameter. An attacker can inject malicious SQL queries via this parameter to manipulate database queries, potentially exfiltrating sensitive data, modifying records, or compromising the entire 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= 1.0CVSS 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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Confirm you are running Itsourcecode Payroll Management SystemIdentify the deployed application by examining application files, web page footers, admin interfaces, or documentation included in your installationAffected if The system is Itsourcecode Payroll Management System
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Verify the installed version is 1.0Check for version information in README files, version.php, about pages, or any version indicators within the application deploymentAffected if The installed version is exactly 1.0
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Locate payroll_items.php in your deploymentSearch the web server document root or application directory for the file payroll_items.php using file system commands or directory listingAffected if payroll_items.php exists in the deployed application files
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Inspect the ID parameter handling in payroll_items.phpOpen payroll_items.php and examine how the ID parameter is processed; look for SQL query construction that incorporates the ID parameter directly without prepared statements or parameter bindingAffected if The ID parameter is used in dynamic SQL queries without parameterized queries or input validation
You are affected if running Itsourcecode Payroll Management System version 1.0 with the vulnerable payroll_items.php file where the ID parameter accepts unsanitized user input 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 dataReplace dynamic SQL queries with parameterized queries or prepared statements, implement proper input validation on the ID parameter, and apply principle of least privilege to database accounts.
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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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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2024-37831 in production — separate from our analysis above.
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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- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
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