SQL injection in NS-ASG Application Security Gateway - CVE-2023-5785

 

SQL injection in NS-ASG Application Security Gateway - CVE-2023-5785

Published: October 30, 2023


Vulnerability identifier: #VU82566
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-5785
CWE-ID: CWE-89
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
NS-ASG Application Security Gateway
Software vendor:
Netentsec

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 in the "messagecontent" parameter in /protocol/firewall/addaddress_interpret.php. 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.


Remediation

Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.

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