SB2013021204 - Multiple vulnerabilities in OrangeHRM Orange Human Resource Management

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SB2013021204 - Multiple vulnerabilities in OrangeHRM Orange Human Resource Management

Published: February 12, 2013 Updated: August 11, 2020

Security Bulletin ID SB2013021204
Severity
Medium
Patch available
NO
Number of vulnerabilities 2
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Data manipulation

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.


1) Cross-site scripting (CVE-ID: CVE-2011-5258)

Vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform XSS attacks.

The vulnerability is caused by an input validation error in OrangeHRM before 2.6.11.2 when processing the (1) uniqcode or (2) isAdmin parameter to index.php; or the (3) PATH_INFO to lib/controllers/centralcontroller.php. A remote attacker can trick the victim to follow a specially crafted link and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in victim's browser in security context of vulnerable website.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.


2) SQL injection (CVE-ID: CVE-2011-5259)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary SQL queries in database.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data passed via the id parameter. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted request to the affected application and execute arbitrary SQL commands within the application database.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to read, delete, modify data in database and gain complete control over the affected application.


Remediation

Cybersecurity Help is not aware of any official remediation provided by the vendor.

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