CVE-2024-7081: Tailoring Management System SQLi Flaw

CVE-2024-7081 Overview

CVE-2024-7081 is a SQL injection vulnerability in itsourcecode Tailoring Management System version 1.0. The flaw resides in the expcatadd.php file, where the id and title parameters are passed directly into SQL queries without sanitization. Remote attackers can manipulate these parameters to inject arbitrary SQL statements against the backend database. The exploit details have been publicly disclosed, increasing the likelihood of opportunistic attacks against exposed deployments. The vulnerability is tracked under [CWE-89] (Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command).

Critical Impact

Authenticated remote attackers can inject SQL through the id and title parameters of expcatadd.php, leading to unauthorized data access, modification, or deletion in the Tailoring Management System database.

Affected Products

• itsourcecode Tailoring Management System 1.0
• expcatadd.php endpoint (vulnerable component)
• Deployments referencing CPE cpe:2.3:a:tailoring_management_system_project:tailoring_management_system:1.0

Discovery Timeline

• 2024-07-24 - CVE-2024-7081 published to NVD
• 2024-11-21 - Last updated in NVD database

Technical Details for CVE-2024-7081

Vulnerability Analysis

The Tailoring Management System exposes administrative functionality through expcatadd.php, which accepts user-controlled id and title parameters. These parameters are concatenated into SQL statements without parameterized queries or input validation. An attacker with low-privilege access can submit crafted values that break out of the intended query context and append arbitrary SQL clauses.

Successful exploitation enables data extraction through UNION-based or boolean-based blind techniques. Attackers can also abuse the flaw to enumerate database schemas, dump credentials stored in the application database, or modify application records. The attack is remote, requires no user interaction, and depends only on network reachability to the vulnerable endpoint.

Root Cause

The root cause is the direct interpolation of HTTP request parameters into SQL statements within expcatadd.php. The application lacks prepared statements, parameter binding, and server-side input validation. This omission allows attacker-supplied metacharacters such as single quotes, comments, and union operators to alter query semantics.

Attack Vector

Attackers send HTTP requests to expcatadd.php with malicious payloads in the id or title parameters. Typical payloads include boolean conditions such as ' OR '1'='1, UNION-based selects to exfiltrate column data, and stacked queries where the database driver permits them. Because the application is web-accessible, the attack surface extends to any internet-facing instance. Refer to the GitHub CVE Issue Tracker and VulDB entry #272366 for disclosure details.

Detection Methods for CVE-2024-7081

Indicators of Compromise

• HTTP requests to expcatadd.php containing SQL metacharacters such as ', --, UNION, SELECT, or OR 1=1 in the id or title parameters
• Unexpected database errors or stack traces logged by the application following requests to expcatadd.php
• Anomalous database query volume or schema enumeration patterns originating from the web application service account
• New or modified administrative records in the Tailoring Management System database without corresponding legitimate user activity

Detection Strategies

• Deploy web application firewall (WAF) rules that inspect query string and POST body parameters submitted to expcatadd.php for SQL injection signatures
• Enable database query logging and alert on queries containing union operators or tautologies originating from the application user
• Correlate web server access logs with database audit logs to identify request-to-query mappings that indicate injection attempts

Monitoring Recommendations

• Monitor outbound data volume from the database host to detect bulk extraction attempts
• Track repeated 500-class HTTP responses from expcatadd.php, which often indicate injection probing
• Alert on access from non-administrative IP ranges to administrative PHP endpoints

How to Mitigate CVE-2024-7081

Immediate Actions Required

• Restrict network access to the Tailoring Management System administrative interface using IP allow-listing or VPN-only access
• Place the application behind a WAF configured with SQL injection rule sets such as OWASP CRS
• Audit the database for unauthorized records, modified credentials, and unexpected schema changes
• Rotate database credentials and application secrets if compromise is suspected

Patch Information

No vendor patch is documented in NVD or the itsourcecode site at the time of publication. Operators should treat this codebase as unmaintained for security purposes and consider migrating to a supported alternative. Until a fix is available, apply compensating controls and replace vulnerable query construction with parameterized statements if source-level remediation is performed in-house.

Workarounds

• Rewrite affected queries in expcatadd.php to use prepared statements with bound parameters via PDO or mysqli
• Apply server-side input validation that rejects non-numeric values for id and enforces character allow-lists for title
• Run the application database account with least-privilege permissions to limit the impact of successful injection
• Disable or remove the expcatadd.php endpoint if it is not required for production operations