PHPGurukul Emergency Ambulance Hiring Portal SQL Injection Vulnerability

A critical SQL injection vulnerability has been identified in PHPGurukul Emergency Ambulance Hiring Portal version 1.0. The issue resides in the file '/admin/admin-profile.php', where the 'contactnumber' parameter is manipulated, allowing attackers to inject malicious SQL queries. This vulnerability can be exploited remotely, without any authentication, leading to unauthorized database access, data modification or deletion, and exposure of sensitive information.

Impact

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

Reproduction

The vulnerability can be reproduced by sending a POST request to '/admin/admin-profile.php' with the 'contactnumber' parameter. The request should include a payload that exploits the SQL injection vulnerability, such as one that uses time-based blind SQL injection techniques, like injecting a SQL query that causes a delay in the response.

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.