A vulnerability was found in FrontAccounting 2.4.6 (Accounting Software). It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects some unknown functionality of the file includes/db/class.reflines_db.inc. The manipulation of the argument filterType with an unknown input leads to a sql injection vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

includes/db/class.reflines_db.inc in FrontAccounting 2.4.6 contains a SQL Injection vulnerability in the reference field that can allow the attacker to grab the entire database of the application via the void_transaction.php filterType parameter.

The bug was discovered 01/07/2019. The weakness was presented 01/08/2019 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at github.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2019-5720 since 01/08/2019. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1505.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

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

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• FrontAccounting

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• 2.4.6

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