{"id":64046,"date":"2025-08-14T09:15:05","date_gmt":"2025-08-14T09:15:05","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-10-04T03:29:39","modified_gmt":"2025-10-04T09:29:39","slug":"cve-2023-41521-sql-injection-vulnerability-in-student-attendance-management-system-v1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2023-41521-sql-injection-vulnerability-in-student-attendance-management-system-v1\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>CVE-2023-41521: SQL Injection Vulnerability in Student Attendance Management System v1<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Overview<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>An important vulnerability has been identified in the Student Attendance Management System v1, a software widely used by educational institutions to manage and track student attendance. Designated as CVE-2023-41521, this vulnerability exposes the system to SQL injection attacks, potentially leading to system compromise or data leakage. Given the information sensitivity managed by the system, this vulnerability poses a serious threat to the security and privacy of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-24777-deserialization-of-untrusted-data-vulnerability-in-awethemes-hillter\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"73016\">student<\/a> data, necessitating immediate attention.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vulnerability Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CVE ID: CVE-2023-41521<br \/>\nSeverity: High (8.8)<br \/>\nAttack Vector: Network<br \/>\nPrivileges Required: Low<br \/>\nUser Interaction: None<br \/>\nImpact: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-27055-memory-corruption-leads-to-potential-system-compromise-during-image-encoding\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"74207\">System compromise<\/a> or data leakage<\/p>\n<p><strong>Affected Products<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-700310631\" class=\"ameeb-content-2 ameeb-entity-placement\"><div style=\"border-left: 4px solid #555; padding-left: 20px; margin: 48px 0; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; color: #ffffff; line-height: 1.6; max-width: 700px;\">\r\n  <h2 style=\"margin-top: 0; font-size: 20px; font-weight: 600; display: flex; align-items: center;\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"display: inline-flex; align-items: center; margin-right: 8px;\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Best-App-icon-Ameeba.png\" alt=\"Ameeba Chat Icon\" style=\"width: 40px; height: 40px;\" \/>\r\n    <\/a>\r\n    A new way to communicate\r\n  <\/h2>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 12px;\">\r\n    Ameeba Chat is built on encrypted identity, not personal profiles.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 16px;\">\r\n    Message, call, share files, and coordinate with identities kept separate.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <ul style=\"list-style: none; padding-left: 0; margin-bottom: 20px;\">\r\n    <li>\u2022 Encrypted identity<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Ameeba Chat authenticates access<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Aliases and categories<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 End-to-end encrypted chat, calls, and files<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Secure notes for sensitive information<\/li>\r\n  <\/ul>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"font-style: italic; font-weight: 600; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\r\n    Private communication, rethought.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <div style=\"display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: 12px;\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\/download\" style=\"background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; padding: 10px 20px; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 6px; font-weight: 500;\">Download Ameeba Chat<\/a>\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"border: 1px solid #ffffff; color: #ffffff; padding: 10px 20px; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 6px; font-weight: 500;\">Learn More<\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n<p>Product | Affected Versions<\/p>\n<p>Student Attendance <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2023-41530-critical-sql-injection-vulnerability-in-hospital-management-system-v4\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"75897\">Management System<\/a> | v1<\/p>\n<p><strong>How the Exploit Works<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2024-13974-high-risk-business-logic-vulnerability-in-up2date-component-of-sophos-firewall\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"73896\">vulnerability is present in the createSessionTerm.php component<\/a> of the Student Attendance Management System v1. The parameters id, termId, and sessionName are not properly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-39496-sql-injection-vulnerability-in-woobewoo-product-filter-pro\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"88813\">filtered or escaped before being used in SQL<\/a> queries. This allows an attacker to manipulate these parameters, sending specially crafted input to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-49759-sql-injection-vulnerability-in-sql-server-potentially-enabling-privilege-escalation-and-data-leakage\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"79153\">server that can modify the SQL<\/a> queries being executed. This can lead to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-53499-critical-unauthorized-access-vulnerability-in-wikimedia-foundation-mediawiki-abusefilter-extension\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"72830\">unauthorized access<\/a>, data corruption, or even data theft.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conceptual Example Code<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-2016120956\" class=\"ameeb-content ameeb-entity-placement\"><div class=\"poptin-embedded\" data-id=\"f6b387694f681\"><\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/div>\n<p>Below is a conceptual example of how an exploit might occur. In this instance, an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2024-9408-server-side-request-forgery-attack-in-eclipse-glassfish\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"77361\">attacker sends an HTTP POST request<\/a> with manipulated data in the form of an SQL command. This command is designed to retrieve sensitive data from the database or even <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-27577-arbitrary-code-execution-in-openharmony-via-race-condition-vulnerability\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"76252\">execute arbitrary<\/a> SQL commands.<\/p>\n<pre><code class=\"\" data-line=\"\">POST \/createSessionTerm.php HTTP\/1.1\nHost: target.example.com\nContent-Type: application\/x-www-form-urlencoded\nid=1&#039;; DROP TABLE students;--&amp;termId=2&amp;sessionName=spring<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>In this example, the attacker <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-50240-sql-injection-vulnerability-in-nbcio-boot-v1-0-3\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"71918\">injects an SQL<\/a> command (&#8220;DROP TABLE students;&#8221;) into the &#8216;id&#8217; parameter. If the server <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-46122-arbitrary-command-execution-vulnerability-in-commscope-ruckus-unleashed\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"78926\">executes this command<\/a>, it could result in the deletion of the &#8216;students&#8217; table from the database.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mitigation and Prevention<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The most effective mitigation is applying the patch provided by the vendor. Organizations should contact their vendor for the appropriate patches or updates and apply them as soon as possible. If an immediate patch is not available, use of a Web Application Firewall (WAF) or Intrusion Detection System (IDS) can provide temporary mitigation by blocking or alerting on malicious <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-26186-sql-injection-vulnerability-in-opensis-v-9-1\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"71973\">SQL injection<\/a> attempts. Additionally, organizations should enforce secure coding practices, including proper <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-47982-improper-input-validation-vulnerability-in-windows-storage-vsp-driver-leading-to-privilege-escalation\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"75574\">input validation<\/a> and prepared statements or parameterized queries, to prevent such vulnerabilities in the future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview An important vulnerability has been identified in the Student Attendance Management System v1, a software widely used by educational institutions to manage and track student attendance. Designated as CVE-2023-41521, this vulnerability exposes the system to SQL injection attacks, potentially leading to system compromise or data leakage. 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