Vanguard Marketplace Digital Products PHP 1.4 /p PATH_INFO sql injection
| CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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Summary
A vulnerability was found in Vanguard Marketplace Digital Products PHP 1.4. It has been classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the file /p. This manipulation of the argument PATH_INFO causes sql injection. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2017-17873. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. Moreover, an exploit is present.
Details
A vulnerability was found in Vanguard Marketplace Digital Products PHP 1.4 (Programming Language Software). It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code block of the file /p. The manipulation of the argument PATH_INFO 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. The summary by CVE is:
Vanguard Marketplace Digital Products PHP 1.4 has SQL Injection via the PATH_INFO to the /p URI.
The bug was discovered 12/23/2017. The weakness was disclosed 12/27/2017 as EDB-ID 43316 as not defined exploit (Exploit-DB). It is possible to read the advisory at exploit-db.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2017-17873 since 12/23/2017. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details and also a public exploit are known. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1505 according to MITRE ATT&CK.
After immediately, there has been an exploit disclosed. It is possible to download the exploit 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 4 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 (43316). The entry VDB-111068 is pretty similar. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.
Product
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CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.5VulDB Meta Temp Score: 8.2
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Exploiting
Class: Sql injectionCWE: CWE-89 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Countermeasures
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Timeline
12/23/2017 🔍12/23/2017 🔍
12/27/2017 🔍
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12/28/2017 🔍
11/14/2025 🔍
Sources
Advisory: EDB-ID 43316Status: Not defined
CVE: CVE-2017-17873 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2017-17873
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-111067
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entry
Created: 12/28/2017 09:43Updated: 11/14/2025 09:37
Changes: 12/28/2017 09:43 (67), 12/18/2019 09:46 (1), 11/14/2025 09:37 (16)
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Cache ID: 216::103
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