Multiple Vulnerabilities in Horizon QCMS

[High-Tech Bridge Security Research <advisory@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Advisory ID: HTB23191
Product: Horizon QCMS
Vendor: Horizon QCMS
Vulnerable Version(s): 4.0 and probably prior
Tested Version: 4.0
Advisory Publication:  December 18, 2013  [without technical details]
Vendor Notification: December 18, 2013 
Vendor Patch: December 25, 2013 
Public Disclosure: January 8, 2014 
Vulnerability Type: Path Traversal [CWE-22], SQL Injection [CWE-89]
CVE References: CVE-2013-7138, CVE-2013-7139
Risk Level: High 
CVSSv2 Base Scores: 5 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N), 7.5 
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Solution Status: Fixed by Vendor
Discovered and Provided: High-Tech Bridge Security Research Lab ( 
https://www.htbridge.com/advisory/ ) 

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Advisory Details:

High-Tech Bridge Security Research Lab discovered multiple vulnerabilities in 
Horizon QCMS, which can be exploited to read contents of arbitrary files and 
perform SQL Injection attacks.


1) Path Traversal in Horizon QCMS: CVE-2013-7138

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient filtration of "start" HTTP GET 
parameter passed to "/lib/functions/d-load.php" script before using it in PHP 
"fopen()" function. A remote attacker can read contents of arbitrary files on 
the target system with privileges of the web server.

The exploitation example below will display content of "/config.php" file that 
contains MySQL database login credentials:

http://[host]/lib/functions/d-load.php?start=../../config.php


2) SQL Injection in Horizon QCMS: CVE-2013-7139

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of "category" HTTP POST 
parameter passed to "/download.php" script. A remote unauthenticated attacker 
can execute arbitrary SQL commands in application's database.

The exploitation example below displays version of MySQL server:

http://[host]/download.php?category=%27%20union%20select%201,2,version(),4,5,6%20--%202

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Solution:

Apply security patch for Horizon 4.0

More Information:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/hnqcms/files/patches/

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References:

[1] High-Tech Bridge Advisory HTB23191 - 
https://www.htbridge.com/advisory/HTB23191 - Multiple vulnerabilities in 
Horizon QCMS.
[2] Horizon QCMS - http://www.hnqcms.com/ - An open source Horizon Quick 
Content Managment System with PHP and MySQL support.
[3] Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) - http://cve.mitre.org/ - 
international in scope and free for public use, CVE® is a dictionary of 
publicly known information security vulnerabilities and exposures.
[4] Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) - http://cwe.mitre.org - targeted to 
developers and security practitioners, CWE is a formal list of software 
weakness types.
[5] ImmuniWeb® - http://www.htbridge.com/immuniweb/ - is High-Tech Bridge's 
proprietary web application security assessment solution with SaaS delivery 
model that combines manual and automated vulnerability testing.

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order to provide as accurate information as possible. The latest version of the 
Advisory is available on web page [1] in the References.