#VU30818 Cross-site request forgery in ClickHouse - CVE-2018-14668

Vulnerability identifier: #VU30818

Vulnerability risk: High

CVSSv4.0: 6.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber]

CVE-ID: CVE-2018-14668

CWE-ID: CWE-352

Exploitation vector: Network

Exploit availability: No

Vulnerable software:
ClickHouse
Other software / Other software solutions

Vendor: ClickHouse

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.

In ClickHouse before 1.1.54388, "remote" table function allowed arbitrary symbols in "user", "password" and "default_database" fields which led to Cross Protocol Request Forgery Attacks.

Mitigation
Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

ClickHouse: 1.1.1 - 1.1.54387

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External links
https://clickhouse.yandex/docs/en/security_changelog/

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Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.