Overview
The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) system has recently disclosed a critical vulnerability, dubbed as CVE-2024-13149, affecting Arma Store’s Armalife. This vulnerability is of high significance due to its potential to compromise systems and leak sensitive data. SQL Injection vulnerabilities are notable for their potential to allow attackers to manipulate the underlying SQL database, creating a significant risk for affected systems.
Vulnerability Summary
CVE ID: CVE-2024-13149
Severity: Critical (9.8 CVSS Score)
Attack Vector: Network
Privileges Required: None
User Interaction: None
Impact: System compromise, Data leakage
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Product | Affected Versions
Arma Store Armalife | All versions through 20250916
How the Exploit Works
The vulnerability is due to improper neutralization of special elements used in an SQL command. An attacker can exploit this by sending maliciously crafted SQL queries to the affected application. The application does not sufficiently sanitize the user-supplied data before adding it to an SQL query. This allows an attacker to manipulate the structure of the SQL query and execute arbitrary SQL commands.
Conceptual Example Code
Here is a conceptual example of how the vulnerability might be exploited. In this case, a malicious actor sends a POST request with malicious SQL commands embedded in the payload:
POST /arma_store/armalife HTTP/1.1
Host: target.example.com
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
username=validuser&password=validpassword' OR '1'='1In this example, the “OR ‘1’=’1” part is the SQL injection. If the application is vulnerable, it may interpret this as a valid SQL command, potentially allowing the attacker to bypass authentication or retrieve sensitive data.
Mitigation and Vendor Response
As of now, the vendor has not informed about the completion of the fixing process within the specified time. However, as a temporary mitigation, users are advised to apply the vendor’s patch as soon as it becomes available or use Web Application Firewalls (WAF) or Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS) to filter out malicious SQL queries. Additionally, employing secure coding practices to neutralize special characters in user-supplied input can also be an effective mitigation strategy against such SQL injection vulnerabilities.
Please note that this post will be updated as soon as new information about the vulnerability becomes available.
