PHPGurukul Complaint Management System SQL Injection Vulnerability

A SQL injection vulnerability has been identified in PHPGurukul Complaint Management System version 2.0. The issue arises in the subcategory.php file, where the subcategory and category parameters can be manipulated to inject malicious SQL queries. This vulnerability allows attackers to interfere with the application's database queries, potentially leading to unauthorized data access or modification.

Impact

Exploitation of this vulnerability allows for SQL injection, where an attacker can manipulate database queries. This could lead to unauthorized data access, data manipulation, or in some cases, executing administrative operations on the database.

Reproduction

To reproduce this vulnerability, send a request to subcategory.php with injected SQL payloads in the subcategory or category parameters. Using a time-based payload, such as 'sleep(10)', can help demonstrate the injection by causing a delay in the server's response.