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Plain-English summary
CVE-2022-43049 is a SQL injection issue in Canteen Management System Project v1.0, reported in /youthappam/add-food.php. A highly privileged user could potentially manipulate database queries, risking sensitive data, data changes, or service disruption. Evidence does not show broad product metadata or confirmed active exploitation.
Executive priority
Treat as a targeted high-risk issue for any organization running this niche application. Prioritize confirmation and containment over broad emergency response, because active exploitation is not evidenced and high privileges are required.
Technical view
The CVE describes CWE-89 SQL injection in the add-food.php component of Canteen Management System Project v1.0. CVSS 3.1 is 7.2: network exploitable, low complexity, high privileges required, no user interaction, unchanged scope, and high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact.
Likely exposure
Exposure appears limited to deployments of Canteen Management System Project v1.0 that include /youthappam/add-food.php and allow privileged users to reach it. The source bundle lists vendor and product metadata as n/a, so asset matching may require path, code, or application-name discovery.
Exploitation context
The vulnerability has a public GitHub report, but the source bundle does not cite CISA KEV listing or active exploitation. The CVSS vector indicates exploitation requires high privileges, reducing opportunistic risk but keeping insider, compromised-admin, and exposed-admin scenarios important.
Researcher notes
The main uncertainty is affected-product metadata: CVE fields list vendor/product as n/a while the description names Canteen Management System Project v1.0. Do not generalize beyond that application without corroborating evidence. The high CVSS impact assumes successful SQL injection by a privileged network user.
Mitigation direction
- Check the project or maintainer guidance for any official patch or replacement release.
- Restrict access to /youthappam/add-food.php to trusted administrators only.
- Review the component for parameterized queries and unsafe request-to-SQL handling.
- Monitor application and database logs for suspicious privileged food-management actions.
- If no maintained fix exists, isolate or retire affected deployments.
Validation and detection
- Inventory applications matching Canteen Management System Project v1.0.
- Confirm whether /youthappam/add-food.php exists in deployed code.
- Identify which roles can access the vulnerable component.
- Review database query construction around food-addition inputs.
- Run only approved, non-destructive validation in a controlled environment.
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/sdpyly/bug_report_canteen/blob/master/SQLi.mdCVE reference
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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.