CVE-2022-31296
Published: 17 June 2022
Summary
CVE-2022-31296 is a critical-severity SQL Injection (CWE-89) vulnerability in Online Discussion Forum Project Online Discussion Forum. Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).
Operationally, ranked in the top 8.8% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Deeper analysis
CVE-2022-31296 is a blind SQL injection vulnerability, tracked under CWE-89, that affects the open-source Online Discussion Forum Site PHP application available from SourceCodester. The flaw resides in the /odfs/posts/view_post.php component and carries a CVSS 3.1 base score of 9.8, reflecting network-accessible exploitation with no required credentials or user interaction.
An unauthenticated remote attacker can supply crafted input to the vulnerable endpoint and leverage the blind SQL injection to extract, modify, or delete arbitrary database contents, potentially leading to full compromise of the forum installation and its underlying data.
Public references include a proof-of-concept repository demonstrating the injection and the original project download page; no vendor advisory or official patch information is provided in the available sources. The associated EPSS score has remained flat at 0.0631 with no material increase since disclosure.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2022-52852
Vulnerability details
Online Discussion Forum Site 1 was discovered to contain a blind SQL injection vulnerability via the component /odfs/posts/view_post.php.
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Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
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.