SQL injection in PHP-Fusion - CVE-2020-12461
Published: May 2, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU27483
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-12461
CWE-ID: CWE-89
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: PHP-Fusion
Affected software:
PHP-Fusion
PHP-Fusion
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary SQL queries in database.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data in maincore.php when processing the "sort_order" GET parameter on the members.php members search page. 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.
How to mitigate CVE-2020-12461
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability..
Sources
- https://github.com/php-fusion/PHP-Fusion/commit/79fe5ec1d5c75e017a6f42127741b9543658f822
- https://github.com/php-fusion/PHP-Fusion/commit/858e43d7b0ea1897f76d5bcb3a1aed438132c0e2
- https://github.com/php-fusion/PHP-Fusion/commit/d95cd4a2d22487723266c898b98e6be10754e03d
- https://github.com/php-fusion/PHP-Fusion/issues/2308
- https://hackmd.io/lq7nA3ISSoeiGjiHVn5CoA