Description

A vulnerability was identified in CodeAstro Apartment Visitor Management System 1.0. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the file password-recovery.php. The manipulation of the argument email leads to sql injection. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. The exploit is publicly available and might be used.

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  "score": "7.3",
  "pubDate": "2026-08-20T17:19:49.237Z",
  "pubdate": "2026-08-20T17:19:49.237Z",
  "executiveSummary": "An SQL injection vulnerability has been identified within the password-recovery.php component of CodeAstro Apartment Visitor Management System 1.0. This critical flaw arises from the improper neutralization of user-supplied input provided via the email parameter before incorporating it into backend database queries.\nSuccessful exploitation of this vulnerability allows remote, unauthenticated attackers to manipulate database query logic arbitrarily. The primary impact includes unauthorized data exfiltration, potential compromise of sensitive user credentials stored within the underlying database, and possible full database compromise depending on database user privileges.\nThe attack vector is fully remote, requiring network access to the vulnerable web application without prior authentication. Given that an exploit is publicly available and actively circulating, the risk level is considered high. Organizations deploying this software face an immediate threat of exploitation by malicious actors seeking to compromise application integrity and confidentiality.",
  "technicalDetails": "The vulnerability resides in the password-recovery.php file of CodeAstro Apartment Visitor Management System 1.0, specifically within the handling of the email parameter. The root cause of the vulnerability is the lack of proper input sanitization, parameterization, or contextual escaping of data directly concatenated into dynamic SQL statements.\nAttackers can exploit this flaw by supplying crafted SQL payload strings via the email parameter in the password recovery interface. Because the application fails to utilize prepared statements or parameterized queries, the input is interpreted directly by the database management system as executable SQL commands rather than inert literal data.\nThe attack flow proceeds as follows: First, the remote attacker identifies the password recovery endpoint hosting the vulnerable password-recovery.php script. Second, the attacker crafts an HTTP request injecting malicious SQL syntax into the email input field. Third, the backend application processes the request, directly concatenating the tainted email parameter into the database query string. Fourth, the database executes the modified query, allowing the attacker to alter the query logic, bypass authentication mechanisms, or extract sensitive information such as password hashes and administrator credentials from the database.\nThe vulnerable component is the database interaction layer within password-recovery.php in CodeAstro Apartment Visitor Management System 1.0. The attack requires no prior authentication or specific privileges, and exposure is network-based via HTTP/HTTPS protocols exposed by the web server. Post-exploitation impact can range from complete confidentiality and integrity breaches of the database to potential remote code execution on the underlying database server if specific administrative functionalities or file-read/write capabilities are enabled."
}