CVE-2022-42744 SQL injection in CandidATS

What is CVE-2022-42744?

CVE-2022-42744 is a critical SQL injection vulnerability in CandidATS, published on 3 Nov 2022. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

CandidATS version 3.0.0 allows an external attacker to perform CRUD operations on the application databases. This is possible because the application does not correctly validate the entriesPerPage parameter against SQLi attacks.

Weakness: CWE-89

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-42744?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Auieo Candidats.

How do I fix CVE-2022-42744?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-42744 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-2022-42744 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2022-42744 exists.

Other vulnerabilities in CandidATS

• CVE-2022-42750 Cross-site scripting in CandidATS High 8.8
• CVE-2022-42751 Cross-site request forgery in CandidATS High 8.8
• CVE-2020-9341 Cross-site request forgery in n/a High 8.8
• CVE-2022-25228 SQL injection in CandidATS Medium 6.5
• CVE-2022-42746 Cross-site scripting in CandidATS Medium 6.1

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-942w-mcgr-2rjq.