CVE-2012-0938

medium

Published 2014-08-14 · Modified 2026-05-06

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

7.5

Description

Multiple SQL injection vulnerabilities in TestLink 1.9.3, 1.8.5b, and earlier allow remote authenticated users with certain permissions to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the root_node parameter in the display_children function to (1) getrequirementnodes.php or (2) gettprojectnodes.php in lib/ajax/; the (3) cfield_id parameter in an edit action to lib/cfields/cfieldsEdit.php; the (4) id parameter in an edit action or (5) plan_id parameter in a create action to lib/plan/planMilestonesEdit.php; or the req_spec_id parameter to (6) reqImport.php or (7) in a create action to reqEdit.php in lib/requirements/. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

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.

Metasploit modules

exploit_multi/http/testlink_upload_exec rank 600

TestLink v1.9.3 Arbitrary File Upload Vulnerability

Source fetch failed: fetch_error — view the original via the link above.

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
testlink	testlink	`1.8.5b`
testlink	testlink	`1.9.3`

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.