CVE-2024-13151: Auto Service Software SQLi Vulnerability

CVE-2024-13151 Overview

CVE-2024-13151 is a SQL Injection vulnerability affecting ESBI Information and Telecommunication Industry and Trade Limited Company's Auto Service Software. This vulnerability allows attackers to inject malicious SQL commands through improperly neutralized user input, potentially compromising the entire database backend of affected systems.

Critical Impact

Unauthenticated attackers can exploit this SQL Injection vulnerability remotely to access, modify, or delete sensitive data, potentially leading to complete database compromise and data exfiltration.

Affected Products

• ESBI Auto Service Software versions prior to v.2025.10.01

Discovery Timeline

• 2025-09-18 - CVE CVE-2024-13151 published to NVD
• 2025-10-03 - Last updated in NVD database

Technical Details for CVE-2024-13151

Vulnerability Analysis

This SQL Injection vulnerability (CWE-89) exists due to improper neutralization of special elements used in SQL commands within the ESBI Auto Service Software. The application fails to properly sanitize user-supplied input before incorporating it into SQL queries, allowing attackers to manipulate database operations.

The vulnerability is accessible over the network without requiring authentication or user interaction, making it particularly dangerous for internet-facing deployments. Successful exploitation can result in unauthorized access to confidential data, modification of database records, and potential complete system compromise.

Root Cause

The root cause of this vulnerability is insufficient input validation and lack of parameterized queries in the application's database interaction layer. When user-controlled data is directly concatenated into SQL statements without proper escaping or the use of prepared statements, malicious SQL code can be executed by the database engine.

Attack Vector

The attack vector for CVE-2024-13151 is network-based, requiring no prior privileges or user interaction. An attacker can craft specially formatted input containing SQL syntax that, when processed by the vulnerable application, executes unintended database commands. This could include UNION-based attacks to extract data from other tables, blind SQL injection techniques, or stacked queries to modify or destroy data.

The vulnerability allows attackers to potentially:

• Extract sensitive customer and business data from the database
• Modify or delete existing records
• Bypass authentication mechanisms
• Escalate privileges within the application
• In some configurations, execute operating system commands through database features

Detection Methods for CVE-2024-13151

Indicators of Compromise

• Unusual SQL error messages appearing in application logs or responses
• Unexpected database queries containing SQL syntax characters such as single quotes, double dashes, or UNION statements
• Anomalous database activity including large data exports or unusual query patterns
• Login attempts with SQL injection payloads in username or password fields

Detection Strategies

• Deploy web application firewalls (WAF) with SQL injection detection rules to identify and block malicious requests
• Implement database activity monitoring to detect unusual query patterns or unauthorized data access
• Review application logs for error messages indicating SQL syntax errors from user inputs
• Configure intrusion detection systems (IDS) to alert on common SQL injection patterns in network traffic

Monitoring Recommendations

• Enable detailed logging for all database queries and monitor for injection attempts
• Set up alerts for failed SQL queries that may indicate exploitation attempts
• Monitor network traffic for payloads containing SQL keywords and special characters
• Implement real-time database auditing to track access to sensitive tables

How to Mitigate CVE-2024-13151

Immediate Actions Required

• Update ESBI Auto Service Software to version v.2025.10.01 or later immediately
• Restrict network access to the application to trusted IP addresses only until patching is complete
• Deploy web application firewall rules to block common SQL injection attack patterns
• Review database access logs for signs of prior exploitation

Patch Information

ESBI has addressed this vulnerability in Auto Service Software version v.2025.10.01. Organizations should update to this version or later as soon as possible. For additional information, refer to the USOM Security Notification TR-25-0273.

Workarounds

• Implement input validation at the application layer to reject special characters used in SQL injection attacks
• Deploy a web application firewall with SQL injection protection enabled as a temporary mitigation
• Restrict database user permissions to the minimum required for application functionality
• Isolate the database server from direct internet access and limit connections to the application server only

# Example WAF rule to block common SQL injection patterns (ModSecurity)
SecRule ARGS|ARGS_NAMES|REQUEST_BODY "@detectSQLi" \
    "id:942100,\
    phase:2,\
    block,\
    capture,\
    t:none,t:utf8toUnicode,t:urlDecodeUni,t:removeNulls,\
    msg:'SQL Injection Attack Detected',\
    logdata:'Matched Data: %{TX.0} found within %{MATCHED_VAR_NAME}: %{MATCHED_VAR}',\
    tag:'application-multi',\
    tag:'language-multi',\
    tag:'platform-multi',\
    tag:'attack-sqli',\
    severity:'CRITICAL'"