Sourcecodester Pharmacy Point of Sale System SQL Injection Vulnerability

A SQL injection vulnerability has been identified in Sourcecodester Pharmacy Point of Sale System version 1.0. The issue resides in the 'manage_user.php' file within the 'pharmacy' directory. This vulnerability allows attackers to manipulate SQL queries, potentially leading to unauthorized data access or modification.

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 'pharmacy/manage_user.php' with a crafted 'id' parameter that includes SQL injection payloads. For example, an injection could be performed by using 'union select' payloads to extract database information, such as the SQLite version.