CodeProjects News Publishing Site Dashboard SQL Injection Vulnerability

A critical SQL injection vulnerability has been identified in CodeProjects News Publishing Site Dashboard version 1.0. The issue resides in the file '/api.php', where the 'cat_id' parameter is not properly sanitized, allowing remote attackers to manipulate SQL queries and potentially compromise the application's database. This vulnerability affects the application's confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

Impact

Exploitation of this vulnerability allows for SQL injection, where an attacker can interfere with the application's 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 GET request to '/news/api.php' with a crafted 'cat_id' parameter that includes SQL injection payloads. The lack of input validation will allow the injected SQL code to be executed by the application's database, demonstrating the SQL injection vulnerability.