Security readout for executives and security teams
Plain-English summary
CVE-2022-40116 is a critical SQL injection reported in Online Banking System v1.0. If the vulnerable banking application is reachable, an unauthenticated attacker could potentially affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability of backend data. Source metadata is sparse, so exposure should be confirmed against actual deployments.
Executive priority
Treat as urgent only if this specific application is deployed or internet-facing. A banking-themed app with unauthenticated SQL injection has high business impact potential, but the incomplete affected-product metadata means teams should first confirm whether the code exists in their environment.
Technical view
The CVE describes SQL injection through the search parameter at /net-banking/beneficiary.php. CVSS 3.1 is 9.8 with network attack vector, low complexity, no privileges, and no user interaction. The record maps to CWE-89. Affected vendor/product metadata is listed as n/a despite the title naming Online Banking System v1.0.
Likely exposure
Likely limited to deployments of the referenced Online Banking System v1.0 codebase that expose /net-banking/beneficiary.php. The CVE source does not provide CPEs, package coordinates, hosting footprint, or vendor-maintained version ranges.
Exploitation context
The bundle does not show CISA KEV listing and provides no cited evidence of active exploitation. Public references are GitHub issue/report pages, so public technical discussion exists, but exploitation in the wild is not established by the supplied sources.
Researcher notes
Primary evidence is limited to the CVE record and GitHub references. The CVSS vector supports unauthenticated network exploitability, but the bundle does not name a fixed version, patch commit, CPE, or active exploitation source. Avoid broad product assumptions beyond Online Banking System v1.0.
Mitigation direction
- Check the referenced project issue and repository for maintained remediation guidance.
- Restrict public access to the affected application route while assessing exposure.
- Do not deploy unmaintained demo banking code in production environments.
- Review the search handler for parameterized queries before restoring public access.
- Monitor application and database logs for unusual beneficiary search activity.
Validation and detection
- Inventory any deployed Online Banking System v1.0 instances.
- Confirm whether /net-banking/beneficiary.php is reachable from untrusted networks.
- Review the beneficiary search implementation for unsafe SQL construction.
- Check whether compensating controls block access to the vulnerable route.
- Verify no CISA KEV evidence is present in the supplied bundle.
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/zakee94/online-banking-system/issues/13CVE reference · x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/0clickjacking0/BugReport/blob/main/online-banking-system/sql_injection9.mdCVE reference · x_refsource_MISC
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CWE details
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