CVE-2021-47966 (GCVE-0-2021-47966)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-05-15 18:36 – Updated: 2026-05-15 22:22
VLAI
Title
PHP Timeclock 1.04 SQL Injection via login.php
Summary
PHP Timeclock 1.04 contains time-based and boolean-based blind SQL injection vulnerabilities in the login_userid parameter of login.php that allows unauthenticated attackers to extract database contents. Attackers can submit crafted POST requests with SQL payloads using SLEEP functions or RLIKE conditional statements to dump sensitive database information including employee names and credentials.
Severity
8.8 (High)
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
8.2 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-89 - Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Date Public
2021-05-03 00:00
Credits
Tyler Butler
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