SQL injection in Piwigo Piwigo

1) SQL injection

EUVDB-ID: #VU31348

Risk: High

CVSSv4.0: 8.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber]

CVE-ID: CVE-2018-6883

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

Exploit availability: No

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 tags array parameter in an admin.php?page=tags request. The attacker must be an administrator. 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

Update to version 2.9.3.

Vulnerable software versions

Piwigo: 2.9.0 - 2.9.2

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:a:piwigo_org:piwigo:2.9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:piwigo_org:piwigo:2.9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:piwigo_org:piwigo:2.9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

External links

https://github.com/Piwigo/Piwigo/issues/839
https://pastebin.com/tPebQFy4

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.