SQL injection in Piwigo - CVE-2017-17823
Published: December 21, 2017 / Updated: February 7, 2021
Vulnerability identifier: #VU37742
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-17823
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 passed via the admin/configuration.php order_by array parameter. An attacker can exploit this to gain access to the data in a connected MySQL database. 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.
Affected software
Piwigo
How to mitigate CVE-2017-17823
Install update from vendor's website.