CVE-2024-28595: Employee Management System · SQL Injection
Source CVE Database V5
Public exploit available (Exploit-DB) · CVSS 9.8 Critical.
Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 14:05 UTC
- EPSS
- 1.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 68% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitation evidence
t = 0 is the CVE’s publication on cve.org
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 19 Mar 2024
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponised: evidence found.
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by Mirage: no evidence on record.
No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors
Timeline
CVE ID reserved
by MITRE Corporation
, 11 days before disclosure
CVE published
on cve.org
, t = 0
First Exploit-DB entry (opens in a new tab)
Employee Management System 1.0 - 'admin_id' SQLi
, 1 day after disclosure
A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 26 Oct 2026.
What to do
AI-suggested
To mitigate CVE-2024-28595, organizations should immediately audit the update-admin.php script and any other scripts handling SQL queries for unsafe input handling. The primary mitigation is to implement parameterized queries or prepared statements to prevent SQL Injection. Input validation should be enforced on the admin_id parameter to accept only expected data types and formats. Web application firewalls (WAFs) can be deployed to detect and block SQL Injection attempts as a temporary protective measure. Network segmentation and limiting access to the Employee Management System to trusted internal users can reduce exposure. Monitoring database logs for unusual queries or access patterns can help detect exploitation attempts early. Since no official patches are currently available, organizations should consider isolating or disabling vulnerable functionality until a fix is released. Additionally, conducting a thorough security review of the entire application codebase for similar injection flaws is recommended.
Description
SQL Injection vulnerability in Employee Management System v1.0 allows attackers to run arbitrary SQL commands via the admin_id parameter in update-admin.php.