CVE-2024-7190: Society Management System SQLi Vulnerability

CVE-2024-7190 Overview

CVE-2024-7190 is a SQL injection vulnerability in itsourcecode Society Management System 1.0. The flaw resides in the /admin/get_price.php endpoint, where the expenses_id parameter is passed to a database query without proper sanitization. Attackers can manipulate this parameter to inject arbitrary SQL statements. The vulnerability is remotely exploitable and requires low-privilege authentication. Public disclosure of the exploit details has occurred through VulDB entry VDB-272611, increasing the risk of opportunistic exploitation against exposed instances.

Critical Impact

Authenticated remote attackers can manipulate the expenses_id parameter to execute arbitrary SQL queries against the backend database, exposing or modifying application data.

Affected Products

• itsourcecode Society Management System 1.0
• angeljudesuarez:society_management_system:1.0
• Deployments using the vulnerable /admin/get_price.php endpoint

Discovery Timeline

• 2024-07-29 - CVE-2024-7190 published to NVD
• 2024-11-21 - Last updated in NVD database

Technical Details for CVE-2024-7190

Vulnerability Analysis

The vulnerability is classified as SQL Injection under [CWE-89]. The /admin/get_price.php script accepts an expenses_id request parameter and incorporates it directly into a SQL query without parameterization or input validation. An authenticated attacker can supply crafted input containing SQL syntax to alter the query logic.

Successful exploitation enables data extraction from the underlying database, including expense records, user data, and any other tables accessible to the application's database account. Depending on database privileges, attackers may also modify or delete records. The exploit is publicly available via the VulDB entry, which lowers the technical barrier for attackers.

Root Cause

The root cause is improper neutralization of special elements used in a SQL command. The expenses_id parameter is concatenated into a dynamic SQL query string instead of being bound through parameterized statements or prepared queries. No server-side type checking or input validation is enforced before the value reaches the database driver.

Attack Vector

The attack vector is network-based and requires low-level authenticated access to the administrative area of the application. An attacker sends an HTTP request to /admin/get_price.php with a malicious expenses_id parameter value. Standard SQL injection techniques such as UNION-based extraction, boolean-based blind injection, or time-based blind injection apply. No user interaction is required beyond submitting the crafted request.

Technical details and proof-of-concept analysis are documented in the GitHub CVE Analysis and VulDB entry #272611.

Detection Methods for CVE-2024-7190

Indicators of Compromise

• HTTP requests to /admin/get_price.php containing SQL metacharacters such as single quotes, UNION, SELECT, SLEEP, or comment sequences in the expenses_id parameter.
• Unusual database error messages logged by the PHP application referencing the expenses_id value.
• Unexpected outbound database queries or large result sets originating from the Society Management System backend.

Detection Strategies

• Deploy a web application firewall rule that inspects the expenses_id query string and blocks payloads containing SQL syntax tokens.
• Enable verbose query logging on the backing MySQL instance and alert on queries containing concatenated user input patterns associated with the get_price.php script.
• Review web server access logs for anomalous request rates against /admin/get_price.php from a single source IP.

Monitoring Recommendations

• Monitor administrative endpoints for repeated 500-series HTTP responses, which often indicate failed injection probes.
• Track database accounts used by the application for queries returning abnormally large datasets or accessing tables outside normal operation.
• Correlate authentication events with subsequent administrative endpoint access to identify compromised low-privilege accounts.

How to Mitigate CVE-2024-7190

Immediate Actions Required

• Restrict network access to the /admin/ directory using IP allowlists or VPN-only access until a patch is applied.
• Audit administrative accounts and rotate credentials, since the vulnerability requires authenticated access.
• Inspect database logs and application logs for prior exploitation attempts referencing the expenses_id parameter.

Patch Information

No official vendor patch is referenced in the NVD entry at the time of publication. Organizations running Society Management System 1.0 should monitor the vendor channels and the VulDB advisory for updates. In the absence of a vendor fix, apply source-code level remediation by replacing concatenated SQL with parameterized queries using PHP Data Objects (PDO) or MySQLi prepared statements.

Workarounds

• Implement server-side input validation that rejects any expenses_id value that is not a strictly numeric integer.
• Deploy a web application firewall with SQL injection signatures placed in front of the application.
• Run the application database account with least-privilege permissions, removing DROP, ALTER, and write access to tables that the get_price.php workflow does not require.

# Example WAF rule (ModSecurity) to block non-numeric expenses_id values
SecRule ARGS:expenses_id "!@rx ^[0-9]+$" \
  "id:1007190,phase:2,deny,status:400,\
  msg:'CVE-2024-7190 - Non-numeric expenses_id blocked',\
  tag:'CWE-89',tag:'SQLi'"