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Contao SQL injection in the file manager

Critical severity GitHub Reviewed Published May 24, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Apr 25, 2024

Package

composer contao/contao (Composer)

Affected versions

>= 4.1.0, < 4.4.39
>= 4.5.0, < 4.7.5

Patched versions

4.4.39
4.7.5
composer contao/core-bundle (Composer)
>= 4.1.0, < 4.4.39
>= 4.5.0, < 4.7.5
4.4.39
4.7.5

Description

David Wind, penetration tester with A1 Digital, has discovered that the SQL injection vulnerability originally published under CVE-2017-16558 can still be exploited in the file manager in Contao 4.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Jul 9, 2019
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 24, 2022
Reviewed Apr 25, 2024
Last updated Apr 25, 2024

Severity

Critical

CVSS overall score

This score calculates overall vulnerability severity from 0 to 10 and is based on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
/ 10

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector: More severe the more the remote (logically and physically) an attacker can be in order to exploit the vulnerability.
Attack complexity: More severe for the least complex attacks.
Privileges required: More severe if no privileges are required.
User interaction: More severe when no user interaction is required.
Scope: More severe when a scope change occurs, e.g. one vulnerable component impacts resources in components beyond its security scope.
Confidentiality: More severe when loss of data confidentiality is highest, measuring the level of data access available to an unauthorized user.
Integrity: More severe when loss of data integrity is the highest, measuring the consequence of data modification possible by an unauthorized user.
Availability: More severe when the loss of impacted component availability is highest.
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS score

0.138%
(51st percentile)

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2019-11512

GHSA ID

GHSA-vq59-x6mq-4wgw

Source code

No known source code
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