Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessReach login page over network
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ExploitSubmit crafted email/password payload
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ExecutionInject SQL into mysql_query call
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ImpactBypass auth or extract database contents
Vulnerability Assessment
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CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A05:2025 - Injection
ASVS 5.0
V1 - Encoding and Sanitization Parameterized queries, prepared statements
MITRE ATT&CK
2 techniques across 2 tactics: Initial Access, Persistence The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Exploitation Conditions | No special configuration required - the vulnerable code path is the application's primary login handler (source/loginprocessing.php), so any deployment that exposes the login form over the network is exploitable by a remote unauthenticated attacker (AV:N/PR:N/UI:N) supplying a malicious email or password value. The practical limiting factors are not technical prerequisites but deployment reality: the product is an unmaintained, rolling-release open-source project with no supported/patched version, so exposure depends on whether anyone runs the affected commit (up to 922ff6d) and whether that instance is network-reachable. |
| Impact | Signals are consistent and point to a genuine but modest risk. The CVSS 4.0 vector (AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N) describes a remotely reachable, low-complexity, unauthenticated SQL injection, which is easy to trigger; however, impact is rated Low across confidentiality, integrity and availability (VC:L/VI:L/VA:L) and scope is unchanged, yielding a Medium base score of 6.9. The Exploit Maturity metric E:P (Proof-of-Concept) aligns with the confirmed public exploit on GitHub, so publicly available exploit code exists - but this is NOT confirmed active exploitation: the CVE is not listed in CISA KEV and no EPSS score was provided in the input. The dominant risk-limiting factor is the target itself: an obscure, unmaintained open-source PHP project (EmployeeRecruitmentSystem) with no enterprise footprint, so mass exploitation is unlikely despite the low attack complexity. Note the Low impact ratings are somewhat conservative for a login-handler SQLi, which can often enable authentication bypass or full database read - verify actual impact against the exploit before deprioritizing. Bottom line: a real, trivially exploitable flaw but a low-priority issue for most defenders due to negligible deployment and no evidence of in-the-wild use. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | A remote, unauthenticated attacker submits a crafted email or password value to source/loginprocessing.php, breaking out of the SQL statement passed to mysql_query to inject attacker-controlled SQL. A proof-of-concept exploit is publicly published on GitHub, lowering the skill barrier; because the login form is the entry point (AC:L, PR:N, UI:N), exploitation requires only HTTP access to the application. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Oct 12, 2026
SQL injection in krupalshah EmployeeRecruitmentSystem (commit 922ff6d and earlier) allows remote unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary SQL through the email or password parameter of the login handler at source/loginprocessing.php. The flaw arises from direct use of mysql_query() without parameterization, enabling read or modification of backend database contents. Publicly available exploit code exists, and because the project is an unmaintained rolling release, no vendor patch or supported version is available.
RemediationAI
No vendor-released patch identified at time of analysis; the maintainer was contacted but did not respond, and the project is no longer supported. The only complete fix is to stop exposing the affected application: take EmployeeRecruitmentSystem offline or replace it with a maintained recruitment/ATS product. If that is not immediately possible, restrict network access to the login endpoint (source/loginprocessing.php) to trusted IP ranges and enforce strong authentication at a fronting reverse proxy, though this limits exposure at the cost of breaking legitimate remote access for untrusted users. A web application firewall or reverse-proxy rule that blocks SQL metacharacters and known SQLi patterns in the email and password fields provides partial mitigation, but signature bypasses are likely and the rule must be tested against normal login traffic. For administrators able to maintain a private fork, replace the mysql_query() call in source/loginprocessing.php with parameterized statements (e.g., mysqli or PDO prepared statements) and validate the email/password inputs; this is the root-cause fix but carries maintenance burden since the project receives no upstream updates. Monitor the VulDB entry https://vuldb.com/vuln/416582 for any updated advisory.
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The vulnerability is a classic CWE-89 SQL injection in a PHP application. The login handler source/loginprocessing.php passes user-supplied email and password values directly into a mysql_query() call, meaning the underlying MySQL query is built by string concatenation rather than parameterized statements. The affected component is the Login Handler, and the CPE cpe:2.3:a:krupalshah:employeerecruitmentsystem:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* indicates that every release up to and including commit 922ff6d208278282e7c8e36d70d9ae356adec9fe is in scope; because the project uses continuous delivery with rolling releases, no versioned identifiers distinguish affected from fixed code. The application is no longer maintained, so the vulnerable pattern will persist unless a downstream fork or administrator patches it. Authentication is not required because the vulnerable code path is reachable pre-authentication via the public login form, consistent with the assessed vector PR:N.
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CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P
Unauthenticated network SQLi in the login handler gives AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N; impact kept Low (C:L/I:L/A:L) consistent with the source's partial-impact assessment, scope unchanged.
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CVSS VectorVendor: VulDB
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2DescriptionCVE.org
A flaw has been found in krupalshah EmployeeRecruitmentSystem up to 922ff6d208278282e7c8e36d70d9ae356adec9fe. Affected by this vulnerability is the function mysql_query of the file source/loginprocessing.php of the component Login Handler. This manipulation of the argument email/password causes sql injection. The attack can be initiated remotely. The exploit has been published and may be used. Continious delivery with rolling releases is used by this product. Therefore, no version details of affected nor updated releases are available. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way. This vulnerability only affects products that are no longer supported by the maintainer.
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Attack Technique
SQL injection exploits the way applications construct database queries by mixing user input directly into SQL statements.
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