SQL Injection in CompactCMS

vendor:

CompactCMS

by:

High-Tech Bridge SA - Ethical Hacking & Penetration Testing

7,5

CVSS

HIGH

SQL Injection

CWE

Product Name: CompactCMS

Affected Version From: 1.4.1

Affected Version To: N/A

Patch Exists: YES

Related CWE: N/A

CPE: a:compactcms.nl:compactcms:1.4.1

Metasploit: N/A

Other Scripts: N/A

Tags: N/A

CVSS Metrics: N/A

Nuclei References: N/A

Nuclei Metadata: N/A

Platforms Tested: N/A

2010

SQL Injection in CompactCMS

The vulnerability exists due to failure in the 'News' module to properly sanitize user-supplied input in 'id' variable. Attacker can alter queries to the application SQL database, execute arbitrary queries to the database, compromise the application, access or modify sensitive data, or exploit various vulnerabilities in the underlying SQL database.

Mitigation:

Upgrade to the most recent version of CompactCMS.

Source

Exploit-DB raw data:

Vulnerability ID: HTB22697
Reference: http://www.htbridge.ch/advisory/sql_injection_in_compactcms.html
Product: CompactCMS
Vendor: compactcms.nl ( http://www.compactcms.nl/ ) 
Vulnerable Version: 1.4.1
Vendor Notification: 02 November 2010 
Vulnerability Type: SQL Injection
Status: Fixed by Vendor
Risk level: High 
Credit: High-Tech Bridge SA - Ethical Hacking & Penetration Testing (http://www.htbridge.ch/) 

Vulnerability Details:
The vulnerability exists due to failure in the "News" module to properly sanitize user-supplied input in "id" variable.
Attacker can alter queries to the application SQL database, execute arbitrary queries to the database, compromise the application, access or modify sensitive data, or exploit various vulnerabilities in the underlying SQL database.

Attacker can use browser to exploit this vulnerability. The following PoC is available:


http://compactcms/news.html?id=123%20union%20select%201,1,3,@@version,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19%23


Solution: Upgrade to the most recent version