Palosanto Elastix up to 2.5.0 Billing iridium_threed.php transactionID sql injection

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A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Palosanto Elastix up to 2.5.0. This affects an unknown part of the file a2billing/customer/iridium_threed.php of the component Billing. This manipulation of the argument transactionID causes sql injection. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2015-1875. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. Furthermore, an exploit is available.

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A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Palosanto Elastix up to 2.5.0. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown processing of the file a2billing/customer/iridium_threed.php of the component Billing. The manipulation of the argument transactionID 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:

SQL injection vulnerability in a2billing/customer/iridium_threed.php in Elastix 2.5.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the transactionID parameter.

The weakness was published 03/11/2015 as File 130698/Ela (Packetstorm). It is possible to read the advisory at packetstormsecurity.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2015-1875 since 02/17/2015. 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.

A public exploit has been developed by Ahmed Aboul-Ela and been published even before and not after the advisory. 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. By approaching the search of inurl:a2billing/customer/iridium_threed.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 (36305). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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• Palosanto

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• Elastix

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• 2.0
• 2.1
• 2.2
• 2.3
• 2.4
• 2.5.0

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