CVE-2023-33338
SQLi in Phpgurukul Old Age Home Management System 1.0
Raw vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HSummary
CVE-2023-33338 is a critical-severity SQL Injection (CWE-89) vulnerability in Phpgurukul Old Age Home Management System. Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked in the top 12% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.
Deeper analysis AI-assisted summary
Synthesised by an AI model from the NVD description and linked references — a reading aid, not an authoritative source.
Old Age Home Management 1.0 contains a SQL injection vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2023-33338 and assigned CWE-89, that affects the username parameter. The flaw received a CVSS 3.1 base score of 9.8, reflecting network-accessible exploitation with no required authentication or user interaction and full impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
An unauthenticated remote attacker can supply crafted input through the username field to manipulate backend SQL queries, enabling arbitrary data access, modification, or deletion within the application database and potentially leading to complete system compromise.
Public references consist of GitHub repositories that document the issue for the ANUJ-KUMAR Old-Age-Home-Management-2022-2023-1.0 codebase; no official vendor advisories or patch information are included in the provided references. The associated EPSS score stands at 0.7329 after reaching a recorded peak of 0.7530.
OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2023-37501
Vulnerability Data
Old Age Home Management 1.0 is vulnerable to SQL Injection via the username parameter.
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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.
Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI
Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.
Secure SDLC practices directly target injection flaws during coding and review so largely prevent CWE-89 introduction, yet the single broad outcome leaves residual risk from incomplete neutralization techniques or missed edge cases.
Training raises developer awareness of SQLi risks and can reduce introduction likelihood (partial) but removes none of the actual coding flaw's risk by itself since technical neutralization is still required.
Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI
Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.
The same secure-coding and static-analysis activities surface missing neutralization of SQL metacharacters before the system is accepted.
Early warnings and shared best-practice information help organizations apply the latest remediation techniques against SQL-injection vulnerabilities.
Threat-intelligence feeds that surface new SQL-injection campaigns enable rapid updates to query-construction defenses and detection signatures before exploitation occurs.
Secure-coding rules and security testing phases mandate the use of parameterized queries or equivalent escaping, preventing the construction of dynamic SQL statements from untrusted input.
Language-specific secure coding rules, peer review and SAST together prevent the construction of SQL statements from untrusted data without proper parameterization or escaping.