Cyber Resilience

CVE-2021-44966

CriticalPublic PoC

Published: 13 December 2021

Published
13 December 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 0.0030 53.6th percentile
Risk Priority 20 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2021-44966 is a critical-severity SQL Injection (CWE-89) vulnerability in Phpgurukul Employee Record Management System. Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).

Operationally, ranked in the top 46.4% 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 bypass authentication vulnerability in PHPGURUKUL Employee Record Management System 1.2 via index.php. An attacker can log in as an admin account of this system and can destroy, change or manipulate all sensitive information on the system.

CWE(s)
CWE-89

Related Threats

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

Affected Assets

phpgurukul
employee record management system
1.2

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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