PT-2014-8778 · Xoops · Xoops

Manuel Garcia Cardenas · Published 2014-11-20 · Updated 2014-11-24 · CVE-2014-8999

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

6.5

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions XOOPS versions prior to 2.5.7 Final

Description The issue allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary SQL commands. This is achieved via the selgroups parameter in the /htdocs/modules/system/admin.php API endpoint.

Recommendations For versions prior to 2.5.7 Final, update to version 2.5.7 Final or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the admin.php module to minimize the risk of exploitation. Avoid using the selgroups parameter in the affected API endpoint until the issue is resolved.

Exploit

Fix

SQL injection

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-89

Related Identifiers

CVE-2014-8999

Affected Products

Xoops

References · 6

• 🔥 http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/129134/XOOPS-2.5.6-SQL-Injection.html · Exploit
• 🔥 http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Nov/39 · Exploit
• http://xoops.org/modules/news/article.php?storyid=6658 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-8999 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/71117 · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-8999 · Note