Pizzafy Ecommerce System CVE-2026-7228

No vendor-released patch identified at time of analysis - SourceCodester has not published a security advisory or updated version per available references. Organizations must implement immediate compensating controls: (1) Apply input validation and parameterized queries (prepared statements) to the get_cart_count function in /admin/ajax.php, replacing any direct SQL concatenation of the ID parameter with bound parameters using PDO or MySQLi prepared statements. (2) Deploy web application firewall (WAF) rules to block SQL injection patterns in requests to /admin/ajax.php, though this is bypass-prone and not a substitute for code fixes. (3) Restrict access to /admin/* paths to authenticated admin users only via web server access controls (Apache .htaccess or nginx location blocks), though this mitigates only if the endpoint was not intended for unauthenticated access. (4) If the get_cart_count AJAX function is not business-critical, disable or remove the endpoint entirely until a secure implementation is available. Trade-offs: Code-level fixes require PHP development expertise and testing; WAF rules may cause false positives; access restrictions may break legitimate functionality if unauthenticated cart count retrieval is a design requirement. For proof-of-concept details, reference the exploit code at https://github.com/fernando-mengali/vulndb-submissions/blob/main/05-vul-SQLI.md and VulDB entry https://vuldb.com/vuln/359828.