SQL Injection in Cotonti

This vulnerability was discovered by our security researchers before 2019.

Advisory ID:	HTB23164
Product:	Cotonti
Vendor:	Cotonti Team
Vulnerable Versions:	0.9.13 and probably prior
Tested Version:	0.9.13
Advisory Publication:	July 10, 2013 [without technical details]
Vendor Notification:	July 10, 2013
Vendor Fix:	July 17, 2013
Public Disclosure:	July 31, 2013
Latest Update:	July 29, 2013
Vulnerability Type:	SQL Injection [CWE-89]
CVE Reference:	CVE-2013-4789
Risk Level:	High

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
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 application’s 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 commands in application's database. The following PoC code displays version of MySQL server: http://[host]/index.php?e=rss&c=%27and%28select%201%20from%28select%20count% 28%29%2cconcat%28%28select%20concat%28version%28%29%29%29%2cfloor%28rand%28 0%292%29%29x%20from%20information_schema.tables%20group%20by%20x%29a%29and% 27
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Upgrade to Cotonti 0.9.14 More Information: http://www.cotonti.com/news/announce/siena_0914_released http://www.cotonti.com/forums?m=posts&q=7475 https://github.com/Cotonti/Cotonti/commit/45eec046391afabb676b62b9201da0cd530360b4

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References:
[1] High-Tech Bridge Advisory HTB23164 - https://www.immuniweb.com/advisory/HTB23164 - SQL Injection in Cotonti. [2] Cotonti - http://www.cotonti.com/ - Cotonti is a powerful open-source web development framework and content manager with a focus on security, speed and flexibility. [3] Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) - http://cve.mitre.org/ - international in scope and free for public use, CVE® 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 weakness types.

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