SocialEngine 2.7 SSID input validation

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A vulnerability was found in SocialEngine 2.7. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown part of the component SSID. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a input validation vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-20. The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

CRLF injection vulnerability in SocialEngine (SE) 2.7 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary HTTP headers and conduct HTTP response splitting attacks via the PHPSESSID cookie.

The weakness was presented 02/11/2009 by David Vieira-Kurz (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at marc.info. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2008-6121 since 02/11/2009. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

It is declared as highly functional.

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 X-Force (46771). See 46482 for similar entry.

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Class: Input validation
CWE: CWE-20
ATT&CK: Unknown

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Remote: Yes

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Status: Highly functional

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02/11/2009 +83 days 🔍
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03/17/2015 +2225 days 🔍
10/28/2018 +1321 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: marc.info
Researcher: David Vieira-Kurz
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2008-6121 (🔍)
X-Force: 46771 - SocialEngine PHPSESSID HTTP response splitting
SecurityFocus: 32382 - SocialEngine HTTP Response Splitting and SQL-injection Vulnerabilities

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/17/2015 16:11
Updated: 10/28/2018 07:49
Changes: 03/17/2015 16:11 (48), 10/28/2018 07:49 (6)
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