Cyber Resilience

CVE-2021-37808

MediumPublic PoC

Published: 27 October 2021

Published
27 October 2021
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 5.9 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
EPSS Score 0.0116 79.0th percentile
Risk Priority 12 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2021-37808 is a medium-severity SQL Injection (CWE-89) vulnerability in Phpgurukul News Portal. Its CVSS base score is 5.9 (Medium).

Operationally, ranked in the top 21.0% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

SQL Injection vulnerabilities exist in https://phpgurukul.com News Portal Project 3.1 via the (1) category, (2) subcategory, (3) sucatdescription, and (4) username parameters, the server response is about (N) seconds delay respectively which mean it is vulnerable to MySQL Blind (Time…

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Based). An attacker can use sqlmap to further the exploitation for extracting sensitive information from the database.

CWE(s)
CWE-89

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

phpgurukul
news portal
3.1

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

CA-8 Penetration Testing
addresses: CWE-89

Penetration testing uses SQL injection payloads against database interfaces, identifying and supporting fixes for SQL injection weaknesses.

SI-10 Information Input Validation
addresses: CWE-89

Validates query inputs to prevent SQL syntax or command manipulation.

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