Advisory ID: HTB23132
Product: ImageCMS
Vendor: www.imagecms.net
Vulnerable Version(s): 4.0.0b and probably prior
Tested Version: 4.0.0b
Vendor Notification: December 5, 2012 
Vendor Patch: January 16, 2013 
Public Disclosure: January 23, 2013 
Vulnerability Type: SQL Injection [CWE-89]
CVE Reference: CVE-2012-6290
Risk Level: Medium 
CVSSv2 Base Score: 6.5 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Solution Status: Fixed by Vendor
Discovered and Provided: High-Tech Bridge Security Research Lab ( https://www.htbridge.com/advisory/ ) 

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Advisory Details:

High-Tech Bridge Security Research Lab discovered vulnerability in ImageCMS, which can be exploited to perform SQL injection attacks.


1)  SQL injection vulnerability in ImageCMS: CVE-2012-6290

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient filtration of the "q" HTTP GET parameter passed to "/admin/admin_search/". A remote authenticated administrator can execute arbitrary SQL commands in the application's database.

Depending on the database and system configuration PoC (Proof-of-Concept) code below will create "/tmp/file.txt" file with MySQL server version inside:


https://[host]/admin/admin_search?q=123%27%20UNION%20SELECT%201,2,version%28%29,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,1 2,13,14,15%20INTO%20OUTFILE%27/tmp/file.txt%27%20--%202


This vulnerability can also be exploited by remote non-authenticated attacker via CSRF vector because the application is prone to Cross-Site Request Forgery attack. In order to do so attacker should trick a logged-in administrator to visit a web page with CSRF exploit. 

Basic CSRF exploit example:


<img src="https://[host]/admin/admin_search?q=123%27%20UNION%20SELECT%201,2,version%28%29,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,1 2,13,14,15%20INTO%20OUTFILE%27/tmp/file.txt%27%20--%202">


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Solution:

Upgrade to ImageCMS 4.2

More Information:
https://forum.imagecms.net/viewtopic.php?id=1436
https://www.imagecms.net/blog/news/reliz-imagecms-42-razgranichenie-prav-dostupa-i-drugie-novinki

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References:

[1] High-Tech Bridge Advisory HTB23132 - https://www.htbridge.com/advisory/HTB23132 - SQL Injection Vulnerability in ImageCMS.
[2] ImageCMS - https://www.imagecms.net - A free modern Web 3.0 content management system.
[3] Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) - https://cve.mitre.org/ - international in scope and free for public use, CVE® is a dictionary of publicly known information security vulnerabilities and exposures.
[4] Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) - https://cwe.mitre.org - targeted to developers and security practitioners, CWE is a formal list of software weakness types. 

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Disclaimer: The information provided in this Advisory is provided "as is" and without any warranty of any kind. Details of this Advisory may be updated in order to provide as accurate information as possible. The latest version of the Advisory is available on web page [1] in the References.