SQL injection in Pragyan CMS

Published: 2017-09-19

Risk	Medium
Patch available	YES
Number of vulnerabilities	2
CVE-ID	CVE-2017-14600 CVE-2017-14601
CWE-ID	CWE-89
Exploitation vector	Network
Public exploit	N/A
Vulnerable software Subscribe	Pragyan CMS Web applications / CMS
Vendor	Pragyan CMS

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.

1) SQL injection

EUVDB-ID: #VU8495

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 6.5 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:U/RL:W/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2017-14600

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 "del_black" HTTP GET parameter to "cms/admin.lib.php" script. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted HTTP request to vulnerable script and execute arbitrary SQL commands in web application database.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may allow an attacker to gain administrative access to vulnerable web application.

Mitigation

The patch is available in vendor's GIT repository:
https://github.com/delta/pragyan/issues/228

Vulnerable software versions

Pragyan CMS: 3.0

External links

http://github.com/delta/pragyan/issues/228

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.

2) SQL injection

EUVDB-ID: #VU8496