CVE-2024-8470
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, by which an attacker could send a specially designed query through CATEGORY parameter in /jobportal/admin/vacancy/controller.php, and retrieve all the information stored in it.
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 CATEGORY parameter of /jobportal/admin/vacancy/controller.php allows attackers to inject malicious SQL queries and exfiltrate data from the database. The lack of input sanitization or parameterized queries in this endpoint enables unauthenticated attackers to manipulate SQL statements.
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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
- 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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Verify the Job Portal versionCheck your installed Phpgurukul Job Portal version by reviewing version files, README, or admin dashboard about section. Common locations: /jobportal/version.php, /jobportal/README.txt, or database version records.Affected if The installed version is exactly 1.0
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Locate the vulnerable controller fileSearch for the file /jobportal/admin/vacancy/controller.php in your web root directory.Affected if The file /jobportal/admin/vacancy/controller.php exists on the server
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Inspect the CATEGORY parameter handlingOpen controller.php and search for code handling the CATEGORY parameter, specifically looking for SQL queries that directly concatenate user input without using prepared statements or parameter binding.Affected if The code contains SQL queries using the CATEGORY parameter without prepared statements or input sanitization (e.g., $sql = "SELECT * FROM table WHERE category='" . $_POST['CATEGORY'] . "'")
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Verify endpoint accessibilityCheck if the vacancy management endpoint is accessible without authentication by attempting to access the admin panel or directly testing the controller.php URL.Affected if The /jobportal/admin/vacancy/controller.php endpoint is accessible to unauthenticated users
You are affected if you are running Phpgurukul Job Portal version 1.0 and the file /jobportal/admin/vacancy/controller.php exists with unprotected SQL query construction using the CATEGORY 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 concatenation with prepared statements/parameterized queries for the CATEGORY parameter, and implement proper input validation. Audit the entire application for similar SQL injection vulnerabilities.
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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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