High severity · published Sep 24, 2021
CVE-2021-40309
A SQL injection vulnerability exists in the Take Attendance functionality of OS4Ed's OpenSIS 8.0
8.8
CVSS
1.8%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A SQL injection vulnerability exists in the Take Attendance functionality of OS4Ed's OpenSIS 8.0. allows an attacker to inject their own SQL query. The cp_id_miss_attn parameter from TakeAttendance.php is vulnerable to SQL injection. An attacker can make an authenticated HTTP request as a user with access to "Take Attendance" functionality to trigger this vulnerability.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.8% · higher than 79% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
OP
Opensis · Os4ed
8.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-40309
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-40309
Exploit
https://github.com/MiSERYYYYY/Vulnerability-Reports-and-Disclosures/blob/main/OpenSIS-Community-8.0.md
Product
https://github.com/OS4ED/openSIS-Classic
Exploit
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/50249
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