SQL Injection in Engineers Online Portal Project

CVE-2021-42670

A SQL injection vulnerability exists in Sourcecodester Engineers Online Portal in PHP via the id parameter to the announcements_student.php web page. As a result a malicious user can extract sensitive data from the web server and in some cases use this vulnerability in order to get a remote code execution on the remote web server.

Vulnerability class: SQL Injection

EPSS: 0.083 (94.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-42670?
CVE-2021-42670 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Engineers Online Portal Project, classified under SQL Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2021-11-05.
How severe is CVE-2021-42670?
Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2021-42670 known to be exploited?
15 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.