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Plain-English summary
This CVE describes SQL injection in Online Tours & Travels Management System v1.0. A highly privileged user could manipulate the expense update function and potentially affect the database. The business concern is serious for any live deployment, but the public record does not identify a vendor patch or broad product ecosystem impact.
Executive priority
Prioritize review if this application is internet-facing, business-critical, or stores sensitive travel, customer, or financial data. If the system is unused or internal-only, urgency is lower but remediation should still be scheduled because database compromise impact is high.
Technical view
The reported flaw is CWE-89 SQL injection through the id parameter at /admin/update_expense.php. CVSS 3.1 is 7.2 high, with network access, low attack complexity, high privileges required, no user interaction, and high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact.
Likely exposure
Likely exposure is limited to deployments of Online Tours & Travels Management System v1.0 with the admin expense update route reachable. Exploitation appears to require high-privileged application access. The CVE affected-product metadata is incomplete and lists vendor, product, versions, and CPEs as n/a.
Exploitation context
The source bundle does not show CISA KEV listing or confirmed active exploitation. A public GitHub report exists, which may help defenders identify the issue but also increases attacker awareness. Privilege requirement materially reduces opportunistic risk compared with unauthenticated SQL injection.
Researcher notes
Evidence is sparse: the CVE record names the endpoint and parameter, and the GitHub reference is the main technical source. No official affected CPE, vendor advisory, patch version, or active exploitation evidence is included in the provided bundle.
Mitigation direction
- Check the project or vendor source for official remediation guidance.
- Restrict access to /admin/ routes to trusted administrators only.
- Use parameterized database queries for the id value if maintaining the code.
- Apply least-privilege permissions to the application database account.
- Monitor admin expense-update activity for unusual database errors or changes.
Validation and detection
- Inventory whether Online Tours & Travels Management System v1.0 is deployed.
- Confirm whether /admin/update_expense.php exists and is reachable.
- Review source code handling of the id parameter for unsafe SQL construction.
- Check access controls require trusted high-privileged authentication.
- Review application and database logs for suspicious admin expense updates.
Public sources used
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- High
- CVSS
- 7.2 (3.1)
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H1.25.9Primary CVE scoreVulnerability scoring details
Base CVSS 3.1 score
7.2HighVector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- https://github.com/WYB-signal/Bug_report/blob/main/vendors/mayuri_k/online-tours-travels-management-system/SQLi-2.mdCVE reference · x_refsource_MISC
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