SQL injection in Vtiger CRM - CVE-2013-5091
Published: October 4, 2013 / Updated: August 11, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU42483
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-2013-5091
CWE-ID: CWE-89
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
Public exploit is available
Vendor: Vtiger
Affected software:
Vtiger CRM
Vtiger CRM
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 onlyforuser parameter in an index action to index.php. NOTE: this issue might be a duplicate of CVE-2011-4559. 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-2013-5091
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.