SQL Injection in College Management System Search Handler

A vulnerability was found in Mstfakts College-Management-System. This issue affects the function mysqli_query of the file Front-end/university.php of the component Search Handler. The manipulation of the argument book_name/book_author results in sql injection. The attack may be performed from remote. The exploit has been made public and could be used. This product utilizes a rolling release system for continuous delivery, and as such, version information for affected or updated releases is not disclosed. The project was informed of the problem early through an issue report but has not responded yet.

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Analysis

CVE-2026-86213 represents a critical SQL injection vulnerability in the Mstfakts College-Management-System, specifically within the search handler functionality of the Front-end/university.php file. Attackers can manipulate the book_name and book_author parameters to inject malicious SQL commands through the mysqli_query function, enabling unauthorized database access, data exfiltration, or modification. This vulnerability affects educational institutions and their students, faculty, and administrative staff who rely on the college management system. With a CVSS score of 7.3 and public exploit availability, this represents a high-priority threat requiring immediate patification across all instances of the system, particularly given the rolling release model that may leave legacy deployments unpatched.

Casky's 323 mapped skills leverage Claude AI with extended reasoning to detect the attack patterns underlying this vulnerability across MITRE ATT&CK techniques TA0001 (Reconnaissance) and TA0043 (Reconnaissance). Practitioners using Casky would observe detection patterns identifying: (1) CWE-74 and CWE-89 violations through code analysis that flags unsanitized user input flowing directly into database queries; (2) reconnaissance probing attempts as attackers test parameter boundaries with SQL syntax variations; (3) SQL injection payloads in HTTP request logs showing characteristic SQL keywords (UNION, SELECT, OR) embedded in search parameters. The platform's skills would surface findings indicating suspicious query patterns, unusual database access attempts, and modified search requests—enabling security teams to correlate these indicators with known exploitation techniques before data compromise occurs.

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MITRE ATT&CK Techniques

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