PHP Grade Book 1.9.4 - SQL Database Export

2012-03-2200:00:00

Mark Stanislav

www.exploit-db.com

6.9 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

Low

5 Medium

CVSS2

Access Vector

NETWORK

Access Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

0.05 Low

EPSS

Percentile

92.7%

JSON

'PHP Grade Book' Unauthenticated SQL Database Export (CVE-2012-1670)
Mark Stanislav - [email protected]


I. DESCRIPTION
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A vulnerability exists in admin/index.php that allows for an unauthenticated user to export the entire application database by accessing the 'Database Backup' method without restriction. Due to the way sessions are handled, an attacker can then simply pass the username and password-hash via cookies to assume the administrative role without ever knowing the clear-text version of the password.

 
II. TESTED VERSION
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1.9.4


III. PoC EXPLOIT
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http://localhost/phpGradeBook/admin/index.php?action=SaveSQL


IV. SOLUTION
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Upgrade to 1.9.5 or above.


V. REFERENCES
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http://sourceforge.net/projects/php-gradebook/
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-1670


VI. TIMELINE
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02/29/2012 - Initial vendor disclosure
02/29/2012 - Vendor response and commitment to fix
03/01/2012 - Vendor patched and released an updated version
03/22/2012 - Public disclosure