SQL injection in FlamingoIM - CVE-2020-35245

 

SQL injection in FlamingoIM - CVE-2020-35245

Published: December 26, 2020 / Updated: December 29, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU49198
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-35245
CWE-ID: CWE-89
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: balloonwj
Affected software:
FlamingoIM

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote user to execute arbitrary SQL queries in database.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data within the UserManager::addUser functionality. A remote user 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-2020-35245

Install update from vendor's website.

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