MEDIUM SEVERITY

CVE-2012-0938

Testlink vulnerability

CVSS
6.5
EPSS
5.8%
EPSS pct
92th
Exploited
No known
Multiple SQL injection vulnerabilities in TestLink 1.9.3, 1.8.5b, and earlier allow remote authenticated users with certain permissions to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the root_node parameter in the display_children function to (1) getrequirementnodes.php or (2) gettprojectnodes.php in lib/ajax/; the (3) cfield_id parameter in an edit action to lib/cfields/cfieldsEdit.php; the (4) id parameter in an edit action or (5) plan_id parameter in a create action to lib/plan/planMilestonesEdit.php; or the req_spec_id parameter to (6) reqImport.php or (7) in a create action to reqEdit.php in lib/requirements/. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
Affected vendor
Testlink
Affected product
Testlink
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness type (CWE)
Published
2014-08-14

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring single-factor authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to confidentiality, partial impact to integrity, partial impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 5.8% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 92% of all scored CVEs.

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