Kidaze Course Selection System SQL Injection Vulnerability in COUNT3s4.php

A SQL injection vulnerability has been identified in the Kidaze Course Selection System, specifically in version 1.0 prior to commit 42cd892b40a18d50bd4ed1905fa89f939173a464. The issue arises in the file '/Profilers/PriProfile/COUNT3s4.php', where insufficient input validation of the 'cbranch' parameter allows attackers to inject malicious SQL queries. This vulnerability can be exploited remotely, potentially leading to unauthorized database access, data manipulation, and disruption of service.

Impact

Exploitation of this vulnerability allows for SQL injection, enabling attackers to interfere with database queries. This could result in unauthorized data access, data modification or deletion, and in some cases, executing administrative operations on the database.

Reproduction

The vulnerability can be reproduced by sending a POST request to '/Profilers/PriProfile/COUNT3s4.php' with the 'cbranch' parameter manipulated to include malicious SQL payloads. This can be done using tools like sqlmap, which automates the process of finding and exploiting SQL injection vulnerabilities.

Remediation

It is recommended to use prepared statements and parameter binding to prevent SQL injection, validate and filter user input, minimize database user permissions, and conduct regular security audits.