SQL injection in Coppermine Photo Gallery



| Updated: 2016-12-14
Risk High
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2008-1841
CWE-ID CWE-89
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit This vulnerability is being exploited in the wild.
Vulnerable software
Coppermine Photo Gallery
Web applications / CMS

Vendor Coppermine Photo Gallery

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one high risk vulnerability.

1) SQL injection

EUVDB-ID: #VU1311

Risk: High

CVSSv4.0: [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:A/U:Amber]

CVE-ID: CVE-2008-1841

CWE-ID: CWE-89 - Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')

Exploit availability: No

Description

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.inc.php" script. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted HTTP request to vulnerable script and execute arbitrary SQL queries in backend database.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may result in website compromise.

Note: this vulnerability was being actively exploited.

Mitigation

Upgrade to the latest version of Coppermine Photo Gallery (1.4.18 or later).
https://sourceforge.net/projects/coppermine/files/

Vulnerable software versions

Coppermine Photo Gallery: 1.2.0 - 1.4.17

CPE2.3 External links

http://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41788


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability. However, a fully functional exploit for this vulnerability is available.



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