#VU8496 SQL injection in Pragyan CMS - CVE-2017-14601

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#VU8496 SQL injection in Pragyan CMS - CVE-2017-14601

Published: September 19, 2017


Vulnerability identifier: #VU8496
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: 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-2017-14601
CWE-ID: CWE-89
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Pragyan CMS
Software vendor:
Pragyan CMS

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 "forwhat" 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.


Remediation

The patch is available in vendor's GIT repository:
https://github.com/delta/pragyan/issues/228

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