SQL injection in PHP - CVE-2012-0831
Published: February 10, 2012 / Updated: August 11, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU44303
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: 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/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2012-0831
CWE-ID: CWE-89
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: PHP Group
Affected software:
PHP
PHP
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. 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-2012-0831
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.
Sources
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/Sep/msg00004.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-May/080037.html
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- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-03/msg00013.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-03/msg00016.html
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- http://secunia.com/advisories/48668
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- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5501
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