Dotclear <= 2.6.2 (categories.php) SQL Injection Vulnerability

[-] Software Link:

http://dotclear.org/

[-] Affected Versions:

Version 2.6.2 and probably prior versions.

[-] Vulnerability Description:

The vulnerable code is located in /admin/categories.php:

70. Update order

71. if (!empty($_POST['save_order']) && !empty($_POST['categories_order'])) {

72. $categories = json_decode($_POST['categories_order']);
    

74. foreach ($categories as $category) {
    

75. 	if (!empty($category->item_id)) {
    

76. 		$core->blog->updCategoryPosition($category->item_id, $category->left, $category->right);
    

77. 	}
    

78. }
    

80. dcPage::addSuccessNotice(__('Categories have been successfully reordered.'));
    

81. http::redirect('categories.php');
    

82. }

User input passed through the $_POST['categories_order'] parameter is not properly sanitized before being used in a
call to the dcBlog::updCategoryPosition() method at line 76. This could be exploited to conduct SQL injection attacks
leveraging the UPDATE statement defined in the nestedTree::updatePosition() method. Successful exploitation of this
vulnerability requires an account with the “manage categories” permission.

[-] Solution:

Update to version 2.6.3.

[-] Disclosure Timeline:

[14/05/2014] - Vendor notified
[15/05/2014] - Vendor response
[16/05/2014] - Version 2.6.3 released: http://dotclear.org/blog/post/2014/05/16/Dotclear-2.6.3
[16/05/2014] - CVE number requested
[19/05/2014] - CVE number assigned
[21/05/2014] - Public disclosure

[-] CVE Reference:

The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org)
has assigned the name CVE-2014-3783 to this vulnerability.

[-] Credits:

Vulnerability discovered by Egidio Romano.

[-] Original Advisory:

http://karmainsecurity.com/KIS-2014-07