Code-Projects Simple Pizza Ordering System SQL Injection Vulnerability in Payment Portal

A critical SQL injection vulnerability has been identified in version 1.0 of the Code-Projects Simple Pizza Ordering System. The issue resides in the paymentportal.php file, where the 'person' parameter is manipulated, allowing attackers to inject malicious SQL queries. This vulnerability can be exploited remotely, without any authentication, potentially 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, 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 the paymentportal.php file with a crafted 'person' parameter. The injected SQL payload can be designed to exploit time-based blind SQL injection, such as using a payload that includes a SQL injection payload that causes a delay in the response, indicating successful exploitation.

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.