A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in pointhi searx_stats (version unknown). This issue affects an unknown function of the file cgi/cron.php. The manipulation with an unknown input 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.

The weakness was released 01/14/2023 as 281bd679a4474ddb222d16c1c380f252839cc18f. It is possible to read the advisory at github.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2014-125077. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1505 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

By approaching the search of inurl:cgi/cron.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking.

Applying the patch 281bd679a4474ddb222d16c1c380f252839cc18f is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at github.com. The advisory contains the following remark:

[enh] add SQL-Injection protection

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