SourceCodester Vehicle Parking Area Management System SQL Injection Vulnerability

A SQL injection vulnerability has been identified in SourceCodester Vehicle Parking Area Management System version 1.0. The issue resides in the file 'manage_category.php' within the 'parking' directory. The vulnerability allows attackers to manipulate the 'id' parameter, enabling them to execute arbitrary SQL commands. This could lead 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 result in 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 '/parking/manage_category.php' with a crafted 'id' parameter that includes SQL injection payloads. For example, use '0 union select 1,database(),3-- ' to extract the database name from the server.