SQL injection in TestLink - CVE-2014-5308
Published: October 8, 2014 / Updated: August 11, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU41233
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2014-5308
CWE-ID: CWE-89
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
Public exploit is available
Vendor: testlink.org
Affected software:
TestLink
TestLink
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 passed via the (1) name parameter in a Search action to lib/project/projectView.php or (2) id parameter to lib/events/eventinfo.php. 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-2014-5308
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.
Sources
- http://osvdb.org/show/osvdb/112524
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/128521/TestLink-1.9.11-SQL-Injection.html
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Oct/11
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Oct/13
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/34863
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70207
- https://gitorious.org/testlink-ga/testlink-code/commit/7a099737b4c739bf083df016c0a99f66dd8ac0b3
- https://www.portcullis-security.com/security-research-and-downloads/security-advisories/cve-2014-5308