Cyber Resilience

CVE-2022-31296

Critical

Published: 17 June 2022

Published
17 June 2022
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
Patch
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 0.0631 91.2th percentile
Risk Priority 23 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

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

Vulnerability details

Online Discussion Forum Site 1 was discovered to contain a blind SQL injection vulnerability via the component /odfs/posts/view_post.php.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

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

Affected Assets

online discussion forum project
online discussion forum
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.

addresses: CWE-89

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

addresses: CWE-89

Validates query inputs to prevent SQL syntax or command manipulation.

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