Unauthenticated SQL injection via forgot-password username parameter
Published Mar 30, 2024 · Updated Aug 27, 2025
SQL injection in Projectworlds Emergency Ambulance Hiring Portal 1.0 allows remote attackers to query its database without authentication. The /admin/forgot-password.php handler incorporates the username parameter into a database query without neutralizing SQL syntax. The public exploit sends a crafted password-recovery request through sqlmap to enumerate databases, exposing stored data without an account.
Summary
What happened
SQL injection in Projectworlds Emergency Ambulance Hiring Portal 1.0 allows remote attackers to query its database without authentication. The /admin/forgot-password.php handler incorporates the username parameter into a database query without neutralizing SQL syntax. The public exploit sends a crafted password-recovery request through sqlmap to enumerate databases, exposing stored data without an account.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-3088
- Published
- Mar 30, 2024
- Updated
- Aug 27, 2025
- Vendor
- Projectworlds
- Product
- Emergency Ambulance Hiring Portal
- Classifications
- CWE-89, T1190
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Mar 30, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 27, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=1.0
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Attacks
What attackers are doing with it
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Weakness, pattern, technique
Public exploit references
- Unauthenticated SQL injection reproduction for the forgot-password pageproof of concept · demonstrated
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