SB2017033017 - Multiple vulnerabilities in Xoops.sourceforge.net XOOPS 

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SB2017033017 - Multiple vulnerabilities in Xoops.sourceforge.net XOOPS

Published: March 30, 2017 Updated: August 8, 2020

Security Bulletin ID SB2017033017
Severity
High
Patch available
NO
Number of vulnerabilities 3
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Code execution

Breakdown by Severity

High 33% Medium 33% Low 33%
  • Low
  • Medium
  • High
  • Critical

Description

This security bulletin contains information about 3 secuirty vulnerabilities.


1) SQL injection (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-11174)

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

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data. 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.


2) Cross-site scripting (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-7944)

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.

XOOPS Core 2.5.8.1 has XSS due to unescaped HTML output of an Install DB failure error message in page_dbsettings.php.


3) SQL injection (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-7290)

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 url parameter to findusers.php. An example attack uses "into outfile" to create a backdoor program. 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

Cybersecurity Help is not aware of any official remediation provided by the vendor.

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