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CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
Unauthenticated network-reachable GET parameter with trivial payload gives AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N; full database read/write/erase via SQLi justifies C:H/I:H/A:H.
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1DescriptionCVE.org
Guardian language-system passes the id GET parameter directly into an unsanitized SQL query in job_info.php (line 16): SELECT * FROM jobs where id = '\".$_GET['id'].\"'. No authentication is required. An unauthenticated attacker can perform error-based SQL injection to extract the database version, current user, schema names, and table contents.
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AnalysisAI
Unauthenticated SQL injection in Guardian Language System lets remote attackers manipulate the backend database by injecting into the id GET parameter of job_info.php, which is concatenated directly into a SQL query with no sanitization. Because no authentication is required (CVSS 4.0 PR:N) and publicly available exploit code exists, any attacker who can reach the endpoint can extract database version, current user, schema names, and table contents via error-based injection. Reported by VulnCheck with a CVSS of 9.3; no public exploit identified as actively used in the wild (not in CISA KEV).
Technical ContextAI
The affected component is a PHP web application (cpe:2.3:a:guardian:language-system) that builds SQL statements through raw string concatenation. Specifically, job_info.php line 16 executes SELECT * FROM jobs where id = '".$_GET['id']."', embedding attacker-controlled input inside a single-quoted string literal without parameterization or escaping. This is a textbook CWE-89 (Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command) defect: the application trusts a client-supplied GET parameter as trusted SQL syntax, allowing an attacker to break out of the quoted context and append arbitrary SQL clauses. The error-based technique referenced in the description implies the application surfaces database error output, which accelerates data extraction (UNION/error functions returning version(), current_user, information_schema contents).
RemediationAI
No vendor-released patch version was identified in the available data, so remediation should focus on both code fixes and compensating controls. The definitive fix is to rewrite the job_info.php query to use a parameterized/prepared statement (e.g., PDO or mysqli bound parameters) so the id value is never concatenated into SQL, and to cast id to an integer if it is expected to be numeric. Until a fix is deployed, restrict access to job_info.php at the web server or WAF layer, add a WAF rule to reject SQL metacharacters in the id parameter, disable verbose database error output to blunt the error-based extraction technique (trade-off: reduces debugging visibility), and place the application behind authentication or network ACLs to remove unauthenticated exposure (trade-off: may break legitimate anonymous access to job listings). Consult the VulnCheck advisory at https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/guardian-language-system-unauthenticated-sql-injection-via-id-parameter-in-job-info-php for updates on an official patched release.
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EUVD-2026-41056
GHSA-gpmw-jvm3-5xc2