Cyber Resilience

CVE-2024-3253

MediumPublic PoC

Published: 03 April 2024

Published
03 April 2024
Modified
10 February 2025
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 6.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
EPSS Score 0.0014 34.2th percentile
Risk Priority 13 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2024-3253 is a medium-severity SQL Injection (CWE-89) vulnerability in Chatikobo Internship Portal Management System. Its CVSS base score is 6.3 (Medium).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked at the 34.2th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in SourceCodester Internship Portal Management System 1.0. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the file admin/add_admin.php. The manipulation of the argument name/username/password leads to sql injection. The attack can be initiated remotely. The…

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exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. VDB-259102 is the identifier assigned to this vulnerability.

CWE(s)
CWE-89

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application Initial Access
Adversaries may attempt to exploit a weakness in an Internet-facing host or system to initially access a network.
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T1505 Server Software Component Persistence
Adversaries may abuse legitimate extensible development features of servers to establish persistent access to systems.
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T1213.006 Databases Collection
Adversaries may leverage databases to mine valuable information.
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Why these techniques?

SQL injection in public-facing web app (admin/add_admin.php) enables exploitation of public-facing application (T1190), abuse of server software component (T1505 as mapped by VulDB), and collection of data from databases (T1213.006).

Affected Assets

chatikobo
internship portal management system
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.

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