Multiple vulnerabilities in OrangeHRM Orange Human Resource Management

Published: 2014-09-17 | Updated: 2020-08-10

Risk	Low
Patch available	NO
Number of vulnerabilities	2
CVE-ID	CVE-2012-1506 CVE-2012-1507
CWE-ID	CWE-89 CWE-79
Exploitation vector	Network
Public exploit	Public exploit code for vulnerability #1 is available. Public exploit code for vulnerability #2 is available.
Vulnerable software	Orange Human Resource Management Server applications / Other server solutions
Vendor	OrangeHRM Inc.

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.

1) SQL injection

EUVDB-ID: #VU41333

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 2 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2012-1506

CWE-ID: CWE-89 - Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')

Exploit availability: Yes

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary SQL queries in database.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data passed via the hspSummaryId parameter to plugins/ajaxCalls/haltResumeHsp.php. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted request to the affected application and execute arbitrary SQL commands within the application database.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to read, delete, modify data in database and gain complete control over the affected application.

Mitigation

Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.

Vulnerable software versions

Orange Human Resource Management: 2.6 - 2.6.12

CPE2.3

External links

https://blog.orangehrm.com/2012/04/24/orangehrm-27-stable-release-with-complete-localization/
https://osvdb.org/81743
https://secunia.com/advisories/49072
https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53433
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75472
https://www.htbridge.com/advisory/HTB23080

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote authenticated privileged user via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability. However, proof of concept for this vulnerability is available.

2) Cross-site scripting

EUVDB-ID: #VU41334

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 5.5 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2012-1507

CWE-ID: CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

Exploit availability: Yes

Description

Vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform Cross-site scripting attacks.

An input validation error exists in OrangeHRM before 2.7 when processing the (1) newHspStatus parameter to plugins/ajaxCalls/haltResumeHsp.php, (2) sortOrder1 parameter to templates/hrfunct/emppop.php, or (3) uri parameter to index.php. A remote attacker can trick the victim to follow a specially crafted link and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in victim's browser in security context of vulnerable website.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.

Mitigation

Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.

Vulnerable software versions

Orange Human Resource Management: 2.6 - 2.6.12

CPE2.3

External links

https://blog.orangehrm.com/2012/04/24/orangehrm-27-stable-release-with-complete-localization/
https://osvdb.org/81744
https://osvdb.org/81745
https://osvdb.org/81746
https://secunia.com/advisories/49072
https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53433
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75473
https://www.htbridge.com/advisory/HTB23080

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. However, proof of concept for this vulnerability is available.