Projectworlds Online Shopping System SQL Injection Vulnerability in Login Submission File

A SQL injection vulnerability has been identified in Projectworlds Online Shopping System version 1.0. The issue resides in the '/login_submit.php' file, where the 'keywords' parameter is manipulated, allowing attackers to inject malicious SQL queries. This vulnerability can be exploited remotely, without any authentication.

Impact

Exploitation of this vulnerability allows unauthorized access to the database, where attackers can leak, modify, or delete data. Additionally, this could lead to unauthorized database access, sensitive data leakage, data tampering, comprehensive system control, and service interruption.

Reproduction

The vulnerability can be reproduced by sending a POST request to '/login_submit.php' with a crafted 'keywords' parameter that includes SQL injection payloads. Both boolean-based blind and time-based blind SQL injection techniques can be used to exploit this vulnerability.

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.