SQL Injection in TYPO3 - CVE-2014-6293

 

SQL Injection in TYPO3 - CVE-2014-6293

Published: January 25, 2017 / Updated: March 24, 2017


Vulnerability identifier: #VU5369
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:A/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2014-6293
CWE-ID: CWE-89
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: TYPO3
Affected software:
TYPO3

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary SQL commands in vulnerable application.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted HTTP request to vulnerable website and execute arbitrary SQL commands in web application database.

Successful exploitation may allow an attacker to gain unauthorized access to the vulnerable system.

Note: this vulnerability was being actively exploited.


How to mitigate CVE-2014-6293


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