SB2014122302 - SQL injection in Piwigo

Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.

1) SQL injection (CVE-ID: CVE-2014-9115)

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 rate parameter to picture.php, related to an improper data type in a comparison of a non-numeric value that begins with a digit. 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.

Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References

• http://piwigo.org/dev/changeset/30563/trunk/include/functions_rate.inc.php
• http://piwigo.org/forum/viewtopic.php?id=24850
• http://piwigo.org/releases/2.7.2
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Nov/23