Security readout for executives and security teams
Plain-English summary
CVE-2020-24862 is a SQL injection flaw reported in Pharmacy Medical Store and Sale Point v1.0. If the vulnerable page is reachable, an attacker may be able to extract database contents. The source bundle does not provide a CVSS score, vendor patch, or confirmed active exploitation.
Executive priority
Treat this as urgent if the application is internet-facing or stores regulated medical, customer, or payment data. If the software is not deployed, no immediate action is indicated beyond confirming inventory.
Technical view
The CVE describes time-based blind SQL injection in the catID parameter on /medical/inventories.php. The reported impact is database enumeration or retrieval. Public exploit reference exists, but the provided sources do not establish authentication requirements, affected deployments beyond v1.0, or a vendor remediation.
Likely exposure
Exposure is likely limited to organizations running Pharmacy Medical Store and Sale Point v1.0, especially internet-accessible instances exposing /medical/inventories.php. The bundle lists no CPEs or vendor-maintained affected-product data.
Exploitation context
A public Exploit-DB reference is listed, so exploit details are publicly available. CISA KEV is false in the bundle, and no provided source confirms active exploitation in the wild.
Researcher notes
Evidence is sparse: no CVSS, CWE, CPE, patch status, or authentication context is provided. Analysis should stay scoped to the named product, version, parameter, and path until additional vendor or code evidence is available.
Mitigation direction
- Check the project or vendor page for any updated release or guidance.
- Remove public access to the application until exposure is understood.
- Replace the application if no maintained fix is available.
- Use parameterized database queries if maintaining the code internally.
- Restrict database account privileges used by the web application.
- Review backups and sensitive database contents for exposure risk.
Validation and detection
- Inventory systems for Pharmacy Medical Store and Sale Point v1.0.
- Confirm whether /medical/inventories.php is reachable from untrusted networks.
- Review the catID handling for unsanitized SQL construction.
- Perform only authorized, non-destructive validation in a test environment.
- Review web logs for unusual requests to /medical/inventories.php.
- Check database logs for abnormal query timing or enumeration patterns.
Public sources used
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Database behavior lookup
The CVE wording references database injection or access, so collection and exfiltration review may help. This is a Glexia inferred lookup path, not an official MITRE, ATT&CK, or CVE Program mapping.
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Open ATT&CK lookup- Severity
- Unknown
- CVSS
- Not scored
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
CNA and ADP enrichment extracted from CVE v5
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CVSS and timeline data
No CVSS vectors or timeline events were available in the normalized CVE source material.
Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/48752CVE reference · x_refsource_MISC
- https://www.sourcecodester.com/php/14398/pharmacymedical-store-sale-point-using-phpmysql-bootstrap-framework.htmlCVE reference · x_refsource_MISC
- https://www.sourcecodester.com/download-code?nid=14398&title=Pharmacy%2FMedical+Store+%26+Sale+Point+Using+PHP%2FMySQL+with+Bootstrap+FrameworkCVE reference · x_refsource_MISC
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