Astium VoIP PBX up to 2.1-25399 RPM logon.php importcompany sql injection

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A vulnerability has been found in Astium VoIP PBX up to 2.1-25399 RPM and classified as critical. This affects an unknown part of the file logon.php. The manipulation of the argument importcompany leads to sql injection. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2013-10043. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. Furthermore, there is an exploit available.

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A vulnerability was found in Astium VoIP PBX up to 2.1-25399 RPM. It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown part of the file logon.php. The manipulation of the argument importcompany 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:

A vulnerability exists in OAstium VoIP PBX astium-confweb-2.1-25399 and earlier, where improper input validation in the logon.php script allows an attacker to bypass authentication via SQL injection. Once authenticated as an administrator, the attacker can upload arbitrary PHP code through the importcompany field in import.php, resulting in remote code execution. The malicious payload is injected into /usr/local/astium/web/php/config.php and executed with root privileges by triggering a configuration reload via sudo /sbin/service astcfgd reload. Successful exploitation leads to full system compromise.

The weakness was shared by xistence as 23831. It is possible to read the advisory at exploit-db.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2013-10043 since 07/30/2025. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. Additional levels of successful authentication are needed for exploitation. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1505 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. By approaching the search of inurl:logon.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 (23831). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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• IP Phone Software

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• Astium

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• VoIP PBX

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• 2.1-25399 RPM

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