CVE-2024-10298: Medical Card Generation System SQLi Flaw

CVE-2024-10298 is a critical SQL injection vulnerability in PHPGurukul Medical Card Generation System 1.0 affecting the edit-card-detail.php file. Attackers can exploit this remotely to compromise databases. This article covers technical details, affected versions, impact assessment, and mitigation strategies.

CVE-2024-10298 Overview

CVE-2024-10298 is a SQL injection vulnerability in PHPGurukul Medical Card Generation System 1.0. The flaw resides in the /admin/edit-card-detail.php file, part of the Managecard Edit Card Detail Page component. Attackers can manipulate the editid parameter to inject arbitrary SQL statements into backend database queries. The vulnerability is exploitable remotely over the network and requires authenticated administrative access. The exploit details have been publicly disclosed, increasing the risk of opportunistic attacks against exposed installations. The weakness is classified under CWE-89: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command.

Critical Impact
Authenticated attackers can execute arbitrary SQL queries against the application database via the editid parameter, potentially exposing or altering patient card data.

Affected Products

PHPGurukul Medical Card Generation System 1.0
Component: /admin/edit-card-detail.php (Managecard Edit Card Detail Page)
Vulnerable parameter: editid

Discovery Timeline

2024-10-23 - CVE-2024-10298 published to NVD
2026-06-17 - Last updated in NVD database

Technical Details for CVE-2024-10298

Vulnerability Analysis

The vulnerability is a first-order SQL injection in the administrative card editing workflow. The edit-card-detail.php script accepts the editid HTTP parameter and concatenates it directly into a SQL query without parameterization or input validation. This allows an authenticated administrator to break out of the intended SQL context and inject arbitrary clauses. Successful exploitation can disclose database contents, modify records in the medical card database, or escalate to further attacks against the backend.

The attack requires network access to the admin panel and valid high-privilege credentials. Because the vulnerable endpoint sits behind the admin login, exploitation is constrained to actors with account access or those who chain this issue with credential theft or session hijacking.

Root Cause

The root cause is missing input sanitization and the absence of prepared statements when handling the editid GET parameter. The application passes user-supplied input directly into a dynamically constructed SQL query, which is the canonical [CWE-89] pattern.

Attack Vector

An authenticated attacker sends a crafted HTTP request to /admin/edit-card-detail.php with a malicious payload in the editid parameter. Typical exploitation payloads use UNION-based, boolean-based, or time-based blind SQL injection techniques to enumerate database schema and extract data. See VulDB #281565 for the public disclosure details.

No verified proof-of-concept code is included in this advisory. Refer to the VulDB submission record for reproduction context.

Detection Methods for CVE-2024-10298

Indicators of Compromise

HTTP requests to /admin/edit-card-detail.php containing SQL metacharacters such as single quotes, UNION, SELECT, SLEEP(, or comment sequences (--, #) in the editid parameter.
Unusually long or URL-encoded editid values that do not conform to expected numeric identifiers.
Database error messages returned in application responses referencing MySQL syntax errors tied to the edit-card endpoint.

Detection Strategies

Deploy a web application firewall rule that flags non-numeric values submitted to the editid parameter on the affected endpoint.
Enable database query logging and alert on queries originating from edit-card-detail.php that include tautologies (1=1), UNION clauses, or time-delay functions.
Correlate admin authentication events with subsequent anomalous SQL activity to detect compromised administrator accounts.

Monitoring Recommendations

Monitor administrative session activity for unusual query volume or off-hours access to the card management module.
Retain web server access logs for the /admin/ directory and forward them to a centralized logging platform for retrospective hunting.
Track outbound database connections and data egress volume from the application host to detect bulk data extraction.

How to Mitigate CVE-2024-10298

Immediate Actions Required

Restrict access to the /admin/ directory using IP allowlisting or VPN-only access until a fix is applied.
Rotate all administrator credentials and enforce strong password policies to reduce the risk of authenticated exploitation.
Audit the medical card database for unauthorized modifications or evidence of prior data extraction.

Patch Information

No vendor patch has been published for PHPGurukul Medical Card Generation System 1.0 at the time of this advisory. Consult the PHPGurukul website for any subsequent updates or replacement releases.

Workarounds

Modify edit-card-detail.php to cast editid to an integer using intval() before use in any SQL query.
Refactor the affected query to use prepared statements with parameter binding (mysqli_prepare or PDO with bindParam).
Deploy a WAF signature that blocks SQL injection payloads targeting the editid parameter on the affected path.
Disable or remove the vulnerable admin module if it is not actively used in production.

bash

# Example WAF rule (ModSecurity) to block SQLi payloads in editid parameter
SecRule ARGS:editid "@rx (?i)(union|select|sleep|benchmark|--|#|')" \
  "id:1002983,phase:2,deny,status:403,\
  msg:'Potential SQLi on edit-card-detail.php (CVE-2024-10298)',\
  tag:'CWE-89'"