SB2018022403 - SQL injection in Piwigo Piwigo

Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.

1) SQL injection (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-6883)

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

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber

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 tags array parameter in an admin.php?page=tags request. The attacker must be an administrator. 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

Install update from vendor's website.

References

• https://github.com/Piwigo/Piwigo/issues/839
• https://pastebin.com/tPebQFy4