SQL injection in Vanilla - CVE-2018-16410

 

SQL injection in Vanilla - CVE-2018-16410

Published: November 24, 2018


Vulnerability identifier: #VU16045
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-16410
CWE-ID: CWE-89
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

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

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data within the applications/dashboard/models/class.invitationmodel.php and applications/dashboard/controllers/class.profilecontroller.php scripts when processing invitationID array passed to the "/profile/deleteInvitation" URL . A remote authenticated user with 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.


Affected software

Vanilla

How to mitigate CVE-2018-16410

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vanilla - update to 2.6.1

External References

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