SNS Vulnerability

Exponent CMS "src" SQL Injection Vulnerability

Description

Rob Miller has discovered a vulnerability in Exponent CMS, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct SQL injection attacks.
Input passed via the "src" parameter to cron/send_reminders.php is not properly sanitised before being used in a SQL query. This can be exploited to manipulate SQL queries by injecting arbitrary SQL code.
The vulnerability is confirmed in version 2.0.4. Other versions may also be affected.

Vulnerable Products

Vulnerable Software:
Exponent CMS 2.x

Solution

Update to version 2.0.5.

CVE

References

MWR InfoSecurity:
http://labs.mwrinfosecurity.com/assets/240/mwri_advisory-exponent-cms_2012-02-16.pdf
Exponent CMS:
https://github.com/exponentcms/exponent-cms/commit/f47cd477f2a96d05fbbd209f03daeb1f4d2b2eb3

Vulnerability Manager Detection

IPS Protection

ASQ Engine alarm	Available Since
SQL injection Prevention - GET : suspicious OR statement in URL	3.2.0
SQL injection Prevention - GET : suspicious combination of 'OR' or 'AND' statements in URL	3.2.0
SQL injection Prevention - GET : suspicious CREATE statement in URL	3.2.0
SQL injection Prevention - GET : suspicious CAST statement in URL	3.2.0
SQL injection Prevention - GET : suspicious OPENROWSET statement in URL	3.2.0
SQL injection Prevention - GET : suspicious DECLARE statement in URL	3.2.0
SQL injection Prevention - GET : suspicious OPENQUERY statement in URL	3.2.0
SQL injection Prevention - GET : suspicious shutdown statement in URL	3.2.0
SQL injection Prevention - GET : suspicious UNION SELECT statement in URL	3.2.0
SQL injection Prevention - GET : possible database version probing	3.2.0
SQL injection Prevention - GET : suspicious UPDATE SET statement in URL	3.2.0
SQL injection Prevention - GET : suspicious SELECT statement in URL	3.2.0
SQL injection Prevention - GET : suspicious INSERT statement in URL	3.2.0
SQL injection Prevention - GET : suspicious DROP statement in URL	3.2.0
SQL injection Prevention - GET : suspicious EXEC statement in URL	3.2.0
SQL injection Prevention - GET : block comment delimiters in URL	3.2.0
SQL injection Prevention - GET : suspicious SQL statement in header	4.0.0

Risk level

Moderate

Vulnerability First Public Report Date

2012-03-07

Target Type

Server

Possible exploit

Remote