PHP CityPortal 2.0 index.php nid/cat sql injection

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A vulnerability was found in PHP CityPortal 2.0 (Programming Language Software). It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown code block of the file index.php. The manipulation of the argument nid/cat as part of a Parameter leads to a sql injection vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-89. The product constructs all or part of an SQL command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended SQL command when it is sent to a downstream component. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

PHP CityPortal 2.0 allows SQL Injection via the nid parameter to index.php in a page=news action, or the cat parameter.

The bug was discovered 09/29/2017. The weakness was shared 10/29/2017 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at packetstormsecurity.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2017-15970 since 10/28/2017. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1505.

The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 30 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. By approaching the search of inurl:index.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Exploit-DB (43089).

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Class: Sql injection
CWE: CWE-89 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
ATT&CK: T1505

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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09/29/2017 🔍
10/28/2017 +29 days 🔍
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01/05/2023 +1894 days 🔍

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Advisory: 144440
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2017-15970 (🔍)
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

Entryinfo

Created: 10/29/2017 13:03
Updated: 01/05/2023 10:36
Changes: 10/29/2017 13:03 (44), 12/01/2019 19:48 (10), 01/21/2021 08:45 (12), 01/05/2023 10:36 (3)
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