SB2017041311 - SQL injection in ATutor

Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.

1) SQL injection (CVE-ID: CVE-2016-2555)

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 searchFriends function to friends.inc.php. 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.

References

• http://sourceincite.com/research/src-2016-08/
• http://www.rapid7.com/db/modules/exploit/multi/http/atutor_sqli
• https://github.com/atutor/ATutor/commit/629b2c992447f7670a2fecc484abfad8c4c2d298
• https://github.com/atutor/ATutor/commit/945a9dca01def8536516088da30fe6a4b7e9fa85
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39514/