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ES Job Search Engine v3.0 - SQL injection vulnerability

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Title:

ES Job Search Engine v3.0 - SQL injection vulnerability

Date:

2012-08-09

References:

http://www.vulnerability-lab.com/get_content.php?id=675

VL-ID:

675

Common Vulnerability Scoring System:

8.1

Introduction:

ES Job Search Engine Script is the most powerful, affordable and flexible spider meta job search engine script.
In one simple search, ES Job Search Engine gives job seekers free access to thousands of employment opportunities
because it search for jobs from many different sites (job websites, job boards, newspapers, associations, company
career pages), you’ll find more opportunities here than if you just searched for jobs on a single job posting site.
It is easy to use: just install it and your job search site is ready.

(Copy of the Vendor Homepage: http://www.es-job-search-engine.com )

Abstract:

A Vulnerability Laboratory Researcher of the Vulnerability Laboratory Team discovered SQL injection vulnerability in ES Job Search Engine v3.0

Report-Timeline:

2011-08-09: Public Disclosure

Status:

Published

Affected Products:

ES
Product: Job Search Engine v3.0

Exploitation-Technique:

Remote

Severity:

Critical

Details:

A SQL Injection vulnerability is detected in the ES Job Search Engine v3.0 Web Application.
Remote attackers without access privileges can execute/inject own sql commands to compromise
the search engine dbms. The vulnerability is located in the listing modules with bounded vulnerable
category parameter. Successful exploitation of the remote sql injection vulnerability result in dbms
or web application compromise. Exploitation requires no privileged user account.

Vulnerable Module(s):
[+] …/category/3[>

Proof of Concept:

The sql injection vulnerability can be exploited by remote attackers without privileged application user account.
User inter action is not required to exploit the vulnerability. For demonstration or reproduce …

PoC:
http://[SERVER]/projects/[PATH]/light/category/-1'+union+select+1,group_concat(table_name)+from+information_schema.tables+where+table_schema=database()–%20-

Risk:

The security risk of the remote sql injection vulnerability is estimated as critical.

Credits:

Vulnerability Laboratory [Research Team] - Ibrahim El-Sayed [storm] ([email protected])

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