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Plain-English summary
CVE-2022-38509 is a SQL injection issue reported in Wedding Planner v1.0. A vulnerable booking identifier can let a remote attacker affect the application database. The CVSS rating is critical because the reported impact includes confidentiality, integrity, and availability loss.
Executive priority
Treat as urgent only where the software is present. The business risk is potential database compromise from a critical SQL injection, but the provided evidence does not show widespread product identification or confirmed active exploitation.
Technical view
The CVE describes CWE-89 SQL injection through the booking_id parameter in /admin/budget.php. The published CVSS 3.1 vector is AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H, score 9.8. The source bundle does not provide CPEs or an official vendor patch reference.
Likely exposure
Exposure is likely limited to organizations running Wedding Planner v1.0 or derived deployments containing /admin/budget.php. The source bundle lists affected vendor and product fields as n/a, so asset discovery must rely on application names, code ownership, and deployed route checks.
Exploitation context
A public vulnerability report is cited, and the CVSS vector indicates remote, low-complexity, unauthenticated exploitation. CISA KEV status is false in the bundle, and no cited source confirms active exploitation in the wild.
Researcher notes
The main evidence is the CVE record and a GitHub vulnerability report. Affected metadata is sparse, with no CPEs and n/a vendor/product fields. Validate against local source code and deployments rather than assuming broad commercial exposure.
Mitigation direction
- Identify and prioritize any Wedding Planner v1.0 deployments.
- Check the project or vendor source for official guidance or patches.
- Restrict access to affected admin routes until remediation is verified.
- If maintaining the code, use parameterized database queries for booking_id handling.
- Review logs for suspicious access to /admin/budget.php.
Validation and detection
- Inventory applications named Wedding Planner or derived from that codebase.
- Confirm whether /admin/budget.php exists in deployed instances.
- Review booking_id handling for direct SQL string construction.
- Verify admin route access controls are enforced server-side.
- Confirm any applied fix prevents SQL injection without breaking budget workflows.
Public sources used
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CWE-89: Database access and collection lookup
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Open ATT&CK lookup- Severity
- Critical
- CVSS
- 9.8 (3.1)
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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CVSS vector scores
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CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H3.95.9Primary CVE scoreVulnerability scoring details
Base CVSS 3.1 score
9.8CriticalVector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- https://github.com/ptanly/bug_report/blob/main/vendors/pushpam02/wedding-planner/SQLi-1.mdCVE reference · x_refsource_MISC
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CWE details
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Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')
Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') represents a recurring weakness pattern that can create exploitable paths when design, validation, or implementation controls are missing.