TYPO3 simplesurvey up to 1.7.0 sql injection

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in TYPO3 simplesurvey. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. The manipulation leads to sql injection. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2008-4655. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists.

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A vulnerability was found in TYPO3 simplesurvey (Content Management System) and classified as critical. This issue affects some unknown functionality. The manipulation 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 Simple survey (simplesurvey) 1.7.0 and earlier extension for TYPO3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via unspecified vectors.

The weakness was disclosed 10/21/2008 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at typo3.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2008-4655 since 10/21/2008. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1505 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

It is declared as proof-of-concept.

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 Secunia (SA32369†). The entry VDB-44633 is pretty similar. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

Productinfo

Type

• Content Management System

Vendor

• TYPO3

Name

• simplesurvey

Version

• 1.0.0
• 1.0.1
• 1.0.2
• 1.0.3
• 1.0.4
• 1.0.5
• 1.1.0
• 1.1.1
• 1.2.1
• 1.2.2
• 1.2.3
• 1.2.4
• 1.2.5
• 1.3.0
• 1.3.1
• 1.4.0
• 1.5.0
• 1.5.1
• 1.5.2
• 1.5.3
• 1.5.4
• 1.6.0
• 1.7.0

License

• open-source

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