SQL injection in auraCMS - CVE-2014-1401
Published: February 11, 2014 / Updated: August 11, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU42049
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: 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:P/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2014-1401
CWE-ID: CWE-89
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
Public exploit is available
Vendor: auracms.opensource-indonesia.com
Affected software:
auraCMS
auraCMS
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) search parameter to mod/content/content.php or (2) CLIENT_IP, (3) X_FORWARDED_FOR, (4) X_FORWARDED, (5) FORWARDED_FOR, or (6) FORWARDED HTTP header to index.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-2014-1401
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.
Sources
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/125079
- http://secunia.com/advisories/56804
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/31520
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/530930/100/0/threaded
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/90965
- https://github.com/auracms/AuraCMS/commit/4fe9d0d31a32df392f4d6ced8e5c25ed4af19ade
- https://github.com/auracms/AuraCMS/commit/790f66ffbc4f23a6e13636fc79d0aa1a7d81e747
- https://www.htbridge.com/advisory/HTB23196