Yaeger CMS 1.2.1 Password Recovery userEmail sql injection

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A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in Yaeger CMS 1.2.1. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Password Recovery. The manipulation of the argument userEmail leads to sql injection. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2015-7568. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. Furthermore, there is an exploit available.

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A vulnerability was found in Yaeger CMS 1.2.1 (Content Management System). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects some unknown functionality of the component Password Recovery. The manipulation of the argument userEmail 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 summary by CVE is:

SQL injection vulnerability in the password recovery feature in Yeager CMS 1.2.1 allows remote attackers to change the account credentials of known users via the "userEmail" parameter.

The bug was discovered 02/10/2016. The weakness was shared 04/24/2017 as not defined posting (Bugtraq). The advisory is shared at securityfocus.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2015-7568 since 09/29/2015. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1505 for this issue.

After even before and not, there has been an exploit disclosed. 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 439 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.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Exploit-DB (39436). The entries VDB-100530, VDB-100531 and VDB-104937 are related to this item. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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• Content Management System

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• Yaeger

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• CMS

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• 1.2.1

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Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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