SQL Injection Affecting genix/cms package, versions <1.0.0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

CVSS assessment made by Snyk's Security Team

    Threat Intelligence

    Exploit Maturity
    Proof of concept
    EPSS
    0.17% (55th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-PHP-GENIXCMS-6674129
  • published 26 Apr 2024
  • disclosed 17 May 2022
  • credit Tuuu Nya

How to fix?

Upgrade genix/cms to version 1.0.0 or higher.

Overview

genix/cms is a Simple and Free Opensource CMS and Framework.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to SQL Injection due to improper sanitization of user-supplied input in the activation parameter. An attacker can execute arbitrary SQL commands by manipulating the input to the activation parameter.

PoC

http://genixcms.localhost/register.php?activation=1%27%20and%201=(updatexml(1,concat(0x23,(select%20user()),0x23),1))%23

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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Snyk

7.3 high
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    Low
  • Integrity (I)
    Low
  • Availability (A)
    Low