Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU41106

SQL injection in MantisBT - CVE-2014-8554

Published: November 13, 2014 / Updated: January 3, 2021

Vulnerability identifier: #VU41106

CSH Severity: Medium

CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2014-8554

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 in the project_id parameter. NOTE: this vulnerability exists due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2014-1609. 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

MantisBT

How to mitigate CVE-2014-8554

Install update from vendor's website.

MantisBT - update to 1.2.18

External References

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