CVE-2024-7280: Lot Reservation Management System SQLi Flaw

CVE-2024-7280 Overview

CVE-2024-7280 is a SQL injection vulnerability in SourceCodester Lot Reservation Management System version 1.0, developed by oretnom23. The flaw resides in the /admin/view_reserved.php endpoint, where the id parameter is passed to a SQL query without proper sanitization. An authenticated remote attacker can manipulate the id argument to inject arbitrary SQL syntax. The vulnerability is classified under CWE-89. Public exploit details have been disclosed, increasing the risk of opportunistic exploitation against exposed instances.

Critical Impact

Successful exploitation enables unauthorized read and write access to the backing database, exposing reservation records, administrative credentials, and other application data.

Affected Products

• Oretnom23 Lot Reservation Management System 1.0
• Component: oretnom23:lot_reservation_management_system
• Affected file: /admin/view_reserved.php

Discovery Timeline

• 2024-07-31 - CVE-2024-7280 published to NVD
• 2024-08-08 - Last updated in NVD database

Technical Details for CVE-2024-7280

Vulnerability Analysis

The vulnerability is a classic SQL injection flaw in the administrative reservation view component. The view_reserved.php script accepts an id GET parameter and concatenates it directly into a SQL statement executed against the application database. Because the parameter is not validated, escaped, or bound through prepared statements, attacker-controlled SQL fragments alter the intended query logic.

An attacker authenticated with low privileges to the admin area can issue crafted requests to enumerate database schema, extract sensitive records, or modify stored data. The attack is conducted entirely over the network and requires no user interaction. With an EPSS probability of 0.181%, exploitation in the wild is currently uncommon, but a public proof-of-concept is available on GitHub Gist.

Root Cause

The root cause is unsanitized input concatenation into a SQL query string [CWE-89]. The application fails to use parameterized queries or input validation when handling the id parameter in /admin/view_reserved.php, allowing the SQL parser to interpret attacker-supplied characters such as single quotes, UNION clauses, and stacked queries.

Attack Vector

The attack vector is remote and network-based. An attacker sends an HTTP GET request to /admin/view_reserved.php?id=<payload> where the payload contains SQL metacharacters. Typical payloads include boolean-based blind injection, UNION SELECT extraction queries, and error-based techniques to enumerate tables and columns. Refer to the GitHub Gist Exploit Code and VulDB entry #273149 for technical details on the disclosed payload.

Detection Methods for CVE-2024-7280

Indicators of Compromise

• HTTP requests to /admin/view_reserved.php containing SQL syntax in the id parameter, such as UNION, SELECT, --, ', OR 1=1, or SLEEP(.
• Unusual database errors logged by PHP or MySQL referencing the view_reserved.php script.
• Sudden spikes in query duration or row counts originating from the reservation admin pages.
• Outbound data transfers immediately following access to /admin/view_reserved.php.

Detection Strategies

• Deploy web application firewall (WAF) rules that flag SQL metacharacters in the id parameter for the reservation admin endpoints.
• Enable verbose database query logging and alert on queries that contain concatenated user input from view_reserved.php.
• Correlate authentication events for the admin panel with anomalous query volumes against the reservation database.

Monitoring Recommendations

• Monitor web server access logs for repeated requests to /admin/view_reserved.php with varying id values, a common signature of automated injection tooling such as sqlmap.
• Track 500-series HTTP responses from the application, which often indicate injection probing.
• Review administrator account activity for unexpected logins preceding suspicious query patterns.

How to Mitigate CVE-2024-7280

Immediate Actions Required

• Restrict network access to the /admin/ directory using IP allowlists or VPN-only access until a patch is applied.
• Audit administrator accounts and rotate credentials, since the application stores them in the same vulnerable database.
• Deploy WAF signatures that block SQL injection payloads targeting the id parameter on view_reserved.php.
• Review application and database logs for evidence of prior exploitation attempts.

Patch Information

No official vendor patch has been published in the references provided. Administrators should modify view_reserved.php to use parameterized queries via PDO or mysqli_prepare, and validate that id is a numeric integer before query execution. Track the VulDB advisory #273149 for vendor updates.

Workarounds

• Replace direct concatenation in view_reserved.php with prepared statements binding the id parameter as an integer.
• Apply server-side input validation rejecting any non-numeric value for id before reaching the database layer.
• Run the database account used by the application with least-privilege permissions, removing FILE, CREATE, and DROP rights where possible.
• Consider taking the application offline if administrative interfaces are exposed to untrusted networks and no remediation is feasible.

# Example Apache rewrite rule to block non-numeric id values
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (^|&)id=([^0-9&]+) [NC]
RewriteRule ^admin/view_reserved\.php$ - [F,L]