SB2008041101 - SQL injection in Coppermine Photo Gallery
Published: April 11, 2008 Updated: March 21, 2017
Security Bulletin ID
SB2008041101
CSH Severity
High
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Data manipulation
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.
1) SQL injection (CVE-ID: CVE-2008-1840)
CWE-ID: CWE-89 - Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary SQL commands in web application database.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data passed via cookies to "coppermine.upload.php" script. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted HTTP request to vulnerable script during URI/URL uploads and execute arbitrary SQL queries in backend database.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may result in website compromise.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.