SB2015100801 - Multiple vulnerabilities in CodeIgniter

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SB2015100801 - Multiple vulnerabilities in CodeIgniter

Published: October 8, 2015

Security Bulletin ID SB2015100801
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 2
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Data manipulation

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.


1) Cross-site scripting (CVE-ID: CVE-2013-4891)

The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data. A remote attacker can trick the victim to follow a specially crafted link and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in user's browser in 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-2015-5725)

The vulnerability allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary SQL commands in web application database.

The weakness exists in the offset() method due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted HTTP GET request with SQL operators and execute arbitrary SQL commands in web application database.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References