Ingenious School Management System 2.3.0 /view/friend_profile.php friend_index Time-Based sql injection

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A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Ingenious School Management System 2.3.0. Affected is an unknown function of the file /view/friend_profile.php. Performing a manipulation of the argument friend_index as part of GET Request results in sql injection (Time-Based). This vulnerability is known as CVE-2017-16561. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. Furthermore, an exploit is available.

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A vulnerability was found in Ingenious School Management System 2.3.0. It has been classified as critical. This affects some unknown processing of the file /view/friend_profile.php. The manipulation of the argument friend_index as part of a GET Request leads to a sql injection vulnerability (Time-Based). CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

/view/friend_profile.php in Ingenious School Management System 2.3.0 is vulnerable to Boolean-based and Time-based SQL injection in the 'friend_index' parameter of a GET request.

The bug was discovered 11/01/2017. The weakness was published 11/07/2017 as EDB-ID 43108 as not defined exploit (Exploit-DB). The advisory is shared at exploit-db.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2017-16561 since 11/06/2017. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details and a public exploit are known. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1505 for this issue.

After immediately, there has been an exploit disclosed. The exploit is shared for download 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 6 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. By approaching the search of inurl:view/friend_profile.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 (43108). Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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• Customer Relationship Management System

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• Ingenious

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• School Management System

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• 2.3.0

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

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