CVE-2013-6241 SQL injection in n/a
Authenticated users can exploit SQL injection in the Birthday widget to access sensitive personal information via the contacts API.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2013-6241?
CVE-2013-6241 is a medium-severity SQL injection vulnerability in Open-Xchange Open-Xchange Appsuite, published on 27 Dec 2014. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Birthday widget in the backend in Open-Xchange (OX) AppSuite 7.2.x before 7.2.2-rev25 and 7.4.x before 7.4.0-rev14, in certain user-id sharing scenarios, does not properly construct a SQL statement for next-year birthdays, which allows remote authenticated users to obtain sensitive birthday, displayname, firstname, and surname information via a birthdays action to api/contacts, aka bug 29315.
Weakness: CWE-200
Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-6241?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Open-Xchange Open-Xchange Appsuite.
How do I fix CVE-2013-6241?
No fix has been published for CVE-2013-6241 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Use parameterised queries everywhere and never build SQL by joining strings. Upgrade affected software first; a web application firewall only buys time. More about SQL injection.
Is CVE-2013-6241 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-6241 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Open-Xchange Open-Xchange Appsuite
Sources
Also known as GHSA-784w-xv9m-hch7.