Cyber Resilience

CVE-2021-42665

CriticalPublic PoC

Published: 05 November 2021

Published
05 November 2021
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.2485 96.3th percentile
Risk Priority 35 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2021-42665 is a critical-severity SQL Injection (CWE-89) vulnerability in Engineers Online Portal Project Engineers Online Portal. Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).

Operationally, ranked in the top 3.7% 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

An SQL Injection vulnerability exists in Sourcecodester Engineers Online Portal in PHP via the login form inside of index.php, which can allow an attacker to bypass authentication.

CWE(s)
CWE-89

Related Threats

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

Affected Assets

engineers online portal project
engineers online portal
1.0

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.

References