CVE-2010-0122

high
Published 2010-03-15 ยท Modified 2026-04-29
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 Employee Timeclock Software 0.99 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the (1) username or (2) password parameter to (a) auth.php or (b) login_action.php.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

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Exploits

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

Exploit-DB

EDB-39427 webapps php verified text ยท 4 KB
Secunia Research ยท 2010-03-10

Employee TimeClock Software 0.99 - SQL Injection

text exploit Source: Exploit-DB
source: http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/509995

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Secunia Research 10/03/2010

- Employee Timeclock Software SQL Injection Vulnerabilities -

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Table of Contents

Affected Software....................................................1
Severity.............................................................2
Vendor's Description of Software.....................................3
Description of Vulnerability.........................................4
Solution.............................................................5
Time Table...........................................................6
Credits..............................................................7
References...........................................................8
About Secunia........................................................9
Verification........................................................10

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1) Affected Software

* Employee Timeclock Software 0.99

NOTE: Other versions may also be affected.

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2) Severity

Rating: Moderately critical
Impact: Manipulation of data
Where: Remote

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3) Vendor's Description of Software

"Timeclock-software.net's free software product will be a simple
solution to allow your employees to record their time in one central
location for easy access.".

Product Link:
http://timeclock-software.net/

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4) Description of Vulnerability

Secunia Research has discovered some vulnerabilities in Employee
Timeclock Software, which can be exploited by malicious people to
conduct SQL injection attacks.

Input passed to the "username" and "password" parameters in auth.php
and login_action.php is not properly sanitised before being used in
SQL queries. This can be exploited to manipulate SQL queries by
injecting arbitrary SQL code.

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5) Solution

Edit the source code to ensure that input is properly sanitised.

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6) Time Table

25/02/2010 - Vendor notified.
04/03/2010 - Vendor notified again.
10/03/2010 - Public disclosure.

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7) Credits

Discovered by Secunia Research.

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8) References

The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) project has assigned
CVE-2010-0122 for the vulnerability.

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9) About Secunia

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10) Verification

Please verify this advisory by visiting the Secunia website:
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2010-11/

Complete list of vulnerability reports published by Secunia Research:
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/

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Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
timeclock-softwareemployee_timeclock_software0.99

References

CWEs

CWE-89

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