SQL injection in CMS Made Simple - CVE-2014-2245
Published: March 5, 2014 / Updated: August 10, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU41964
CSH Severity: Low
CVSSv4.0: 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/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2014-2245
CWE-ID: CWE-89
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
CMS Made Simple
CMS Made Simple
Software vendor:
cmsmadesimple.org
cmsmadesimple.org
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 sortby parameter to admin/moduleinterface.php. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information. 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.
Remediation
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.