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Avanset Visual CertExam Manager 3.3 SQL injection vulnerability

Vulnerability Note VU#869702

Original Release Date: 2014-01-23 | Last Revised: 2014-07-24

Overview

Avanset Visual CertExam Manager version 3.3 and below contain a SQL injection vulnerability.

Description

CWE-89: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')

Avanset Visual CertExam Manager version 3.3 and below contain a SQL injection vulnerability due to the application failing to validate user input variables. It has been reported that the fields "Title", "File name", and "Candidate Name" are all vulnerable to SQL injection.

Impact

An authenticated attacker can read or modify data in the application database.

Solution

We are currently unaware of a practical solution to this problem.

Restrict Access

Enable firewall rules to restrict access to the Avanset Visual CertExam Manager from external untrusted sources.

Vendor Information

869702
 

Avanset Affected

Updated:  January 09, 2014

Status

Affected

Vendor Statement

We have not received a statement from the vendor.

Vendor Information

We are not aware of further vendor information regarding this vulnerability.


CVSS Metrics

Group Score Vector
Base 6.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
Temporal 5.6 E:POC/RL:U/RC:UR
Environmental 1.4 CDP:N/TD:L/CR:ND/IR:ND/AR:ND

References

Acknowledgements

Thanks to security researcher Mr. Aung Khant (aungkhant0911@gmail.com) for reporting this vulnerability.

This document was written by Michael Orlando.

Other Information

CVE IDs: CVE-2013-7175
Date Public: 2014-01-17
Date First Published: 2014-01-23
Date Last Updated: 2014-07-24 22:11 UTC
Document Revision: 13

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