CVE-2012-1124

published 2020-02-11

CVE-2012-1124: SQL injection vulnerability in search.php in phxEventManager 2.0 beta 5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the search_terms…

Priority P2 64 critical 9.8 CVSS 3.1

AV N AC L PR N UI N S U C H I H A H

EXPLOIT

SQL injection vulnerability in search.php in phxEventManager 2.0 beta 5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the search_terms parameter.

Affected

2 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
phxeventmanager	phxeventmanager	—	—
phxeventmanager_project	phxeventmanager	—	—

Detection & IOCs extracted from sources · hover to see the quote

url http://vulnsite.com/path_to_pem/search.php?↗

path search.php↗

command datasubmit=1&searchtype=events&s_event_names=on&s_event_descriptions=on&s_event_presenters=on&s_event_contacts=on&search_terms='↗

• → Monitor POST requests to search.php with a search_terms parameter containing a single quote or other SQL metacharacters, which triggers a visible MDB2 SQL syntax error in the response. ↗
• → Error-based SQL injection can be confirmed by the presence of 'MDB2 Error: syntax error' in the HTTP response body, leaking the backend query structure. ↗
• → Use the Google dork 'intext: "Powered by phxEventManager"' to identify exposed instances of the vulnerable application. ↗
• → The injection point is the search_terms POST parameter in search.php; the datasubmit=1 field must also be present for the query to execute. ↗

• · The exploit was tested specifically on Apache/*nix environments running phxEventManager 2.0 Beta 5; behavior on other platforms may differ. ↗

CVSS provenance

nvd v3.1 9.8 CRITICAL CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvd v2.0 7.5 HIGH AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

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