CVE-2024-6194: Tailoring Management System SQLi Flaw

CVE-2024-6194 Overview

CVE-2024-6194 is a SQL injection vulnerability in itsourcecode Tailoring Management System 1.0. The flaw resides in the editmeasurement.php file, where the id parameter is not properly sanitized before being passed to a database query. Attackers can manipulate this parameter remotely to inject arbitrary SQL statements. The vulnerability is tracked under VulDB identifier VDB-269166 and maps to CWE-89. Public disclosure of the exploit details increases the risk of opportunistic attacks against exposed installations.

Critical Impact

Remote attackers with low-privilege access can inject SQL through the id parameter in editmeasurement.php, potentially exposing or modifying database records.

Affected Products

• itsourcecode Tailoring Management System 1.0
• Component: editmeasurement.php
• Vendor: itsourcecode

Discovery Timeline

• 2024-06-20 - CVE-2024-6194 published to NVD
• 2024-11-21 - Last updated in NVD database

Technical Details for CVE-2024-6194

Vulnerability Analysis

The vulnerability is a classic SQL injection ([CWE-89]) in the editmeasurement.php script of the Tailoring Management System. The application accepts the id argument from user-controlled input and concatenates it directly into a SQL query without parameterization or input validation. An authenticated attacker with low privileges can craft a malicious id value to alter the query's logic.

Successful exploitation can disclose, modify, or delete records in the underlying database. The attack is launched remotely over the network and requires no user interaction. The publicly disclosed exploit lowers the barrier for attackers to weaponize the flaw.

Root Cause

The root cause is improper neutralization of special elements in the id request parameter handled by editmeasurement.php. The PHP code passes user input directly into a SQL statement, failing to use prepared statements, parameter binding, or input type enforcement. Any string supplied as id becomes part of the executed SQL command.

Attack Vector

An attacker sends an HTTP request to the vulnerable endpoint with a crafted id parameter containing SQL syntax. Because the parameter is interpolated into the query, the injected payload executes against the database. The vector is network-accessible and requires low-privileged authentication. Refer to the GitHub issue for CVE-2024-6194 and VulDB entry #269166 for technical details and proof-of-concept payloads.

No verified exploitation code is reproduced here. See the linked references for the disclosed payload.

Detection Methods for CVE-2024-6194

Indicators of Compromise

• HTTP requests to editmeasurement.php containing SQL metacharacters such as single quotes, UNION, SELECT, --, or OR 1=1 in the id parameter.
• Unexpected database errors or stack traces returned to clients accessing editmeasurement.php.
• Database query logs showing anomalous SELECT, UPDATE, or INFORMATION_SCHEMA statements originating from the application service account.

Detection Strategies

• Deploy web application firewall (WAF) signatures that flag SQL injection patterns targeting the id query string parameter on editmeasurement.php.
• Monitor application and database logs for syntactically malformed queries or repeated query failures from the same source IP.
• Inspect HTTP access logs for non-numeric values supplied to the id parameter, which should normally be an integer identifier.

Monitoring Recommendations

• Enable verbose query logging on the backing MySQL database to capture executed statements for forensic review.
• Correlate authentication events with subsequent requests to editmeasurement.php to identify abuse from compromised low-privilege accounts.
• Alert on outbound database connections or data exfiltration patterns following suspicious requests to the vulnerable endpoint.

How to Mitigate CVE-2024-6194

Immediate Actions Required

• Restrict access to the Tailoring Management System to trusted networks until a fix is applied, since no vendor patch is referenced in the advisory.
• Audit recent access logs for editmeasurement.php requests containing SQL metacharacters in the id parameter.
• Rotate database credentials and application user passwords if exploitation indicators are observed.

Patch Information

No vendor advisory or official patch is listed in the NVD entry for CVE-2024-6194. Administrators should monitor the VulDB submission record and the itsourcecode project page for updated fixes. Until a patch is available, code-level remediation should replace dynamic query construction in editmeasurement.php with parameterized statements using PDO or mysqli prepared statements.

Workarounds

• Place the application behind a WAF configured to block SQL injection payloads targeting the id parameter.
• Modify editmeasurement.php to cast the id value to an integer with intval() before use, and replace string concatenation with prepared statements.
• Remove the vulnerable endpoint from public exposure and require VPN access for administrative measurement functions.

# Example PHP remediation pattern for editmeasurement.php
# Replace:  $sql = "SELECT * FROM measurements WHERE id = ".$_GET['id'];
# With prepared statement:
$stmt = $pdo->prepare("SELECT * FROM measurements WHERE id = :id");
$stmt->bindValue(':id', (int)$_GET['id'], PDO::PARAM_INT);
$stmt->execute();