CVE-2017-12227 SQL injection in Cisco Emergency Responder

What is CVE-2017-12227?

CVE-2017-12227 is a medium-severity SQL injection vulnerability in Cisco Emergency Responder, published on 7 Sep 2017. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

A vulnerability in the SQL database interface for Cisco Emergency Responder could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to conduct a blind SQL injection attack. The vulnerability is due to a failure to validate user-supplied input used in SQL queries that bypass protection filters. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted URLs that include SQL statements. An exploit could allow the attacker to view or modify entries in some database tables, affecting the integrity of the data. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCvb58973.

Weakness: CWE-89

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-12227?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Cisco Emergency Responder.

How do I fix CVE-2017-12227?

No fix has been published for CVE-2017-12227 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-2017-12227 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-12227 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Cisco Emergency Responder

• CVE-2008-1154 Auth bypass in n/a Critical 10.0
• CVE-2023-20101 Hardcoded credentials in Cisco Emergency Responder Critical 9.8
• CVE-2017-12337 Hardcoded credentials in Cisco Voice Operating System Critical 9.8
• CVE-2016-6468 Cross-site request forgery in Cisco Emergency Responder High 8.8
• CVE-2023-20259 Denial of service in Cisco Emergency Responder High 8.6

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-gg9x-2phv-cmmr.