CVE-2024-5357
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 has been found in PHPGurukul Zoo Management System 2.1 and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the file /admin/forgot-password.php. The manipulation of the argument email 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-266269 was assigned to this vulnerability.
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 PHPGurukul Zoo Management System 2.1 within the /admin/forgot-password.php script. The 'email' parameter is not properly sanitized, allowing remote attackers to inject malicious SQL queries. Given the CVSS 9.8 score and remote exploitability without authentication, this could allow complete database compromise including extraction of sensitive data or administrative credentials.
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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= 2.1CVSS 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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Identify PHPGurukul Zoo Management System installationSearch the web server document root for directories containing 'zoo' and 'management' in the name, or look for files containing 'Zoo Management System' branding such as index.php, header.php, or version files.Affected if The PHPGurukul Zoo Management System is installed on the server.
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Verify installed version is 2.1Locate and read version information files in the application root directory, such as version.php, README.txt, or any changelog file, to determine the exact version number.Affected if The installed version is exactly 2.1.
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Confirm vulnerable file existsCheck if the file /admin/forgot-password.php exists in the web application document root. This is the specific file containing the SQL injection vulnerability.Affected if The file /admin/forgot-password.php exists in the application.
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Check admin interface is network accessibleAttempt to access the /admin/forgot-password.php endpoint via HTTP or HTTPS from a remote client to confirm the forgot password functionality is exposed.Affected if The forgot-password.php endpoint is reachable over the network.
If the system runs PHPGurukul Zoo Management System version 2.1 with the /admin/forgot-password.php file network-accessible, it is affected by this SQL injection vulnerability.
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 in forgot-password.php, particularly for the email parameter. Alternatively, apply any vendor-supplied patch; if unavailable, consider disabling the affected functionality until proper input validation and parameterized queries can be implemented.
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