SQL injection in Pragyan CMS - CVE-2017-14600
Published: September 19, 2017 / Updated: September 19, 2017
Vulnerability identifier: #VU8495
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-2017-14600
CWE-ID: CWE-89
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Pragyan CMS
Affected software:
Pragyan CMS
Pragyan CMS
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary SQL commands in web application database.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data passed via "del_black" HTTP GET parameter to "cms/admin.lib.php" script. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted HTTP request to vulnerable script and execute arbitrary SQL commands in web application database.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may allow an attacker to gain administrative access to vulnerable web application.
How to mitigate CVE-2017-14600
The patch is available in vendor's GIT repository:
https://github.com/delta/pragyan/issues/228
https://github.com/delta/pragyan/issues/228