SEC Consult Vulnerability Lab Security Advisory < 20190510-0 > ======================================================================= title: Unauthenticated SQL Injection vulnerability product: OpenProject vulnerable version: 5.0.0 - 8.3.1 fixed version: 8.3.2 & 9.0.0 CVE number: CVE-2019-11600 impact: Critical homepage: https://www.openproject.org found: 2019-04-17 by: T. Soo (Office Bangkok) SEC Consult Vulnerability Lab An integrated part of SEC Consult Europe | Asia | North America https://www.sec-consult.com ======================================================================= Vendor description: ------------------- "OpenProject is the leading open source project management software. Support your project management process along the entire project life cycle: From project initiation to closure." Source: https://www.openproject.org/ Business recommendation: ------------------------ The vendor provides a patch which should be applied immediately. An in-depth security analysis performed by security professionals is highly advised, as the software may be affected from further security issues. Vulnerability overview/description: ----------------------------------- An SQL injection vulnerability has been identified in the web "activities API". An unauthenticated attacker could successfully perform an attack to extract potentially sensitive information from the database if OpenProject is configured not to require authentication for API access. Proof of concept: ----------------- Requesting the following URL will trigger a time delay as a proof of concept for exploiting the blind SQL injection: http://<host>/api/v3/activities/1)%20AND%203281%3d(SELECT%203281%20FROM%20PG_SLEEP(1))%20AND%20(7777%3d7777 Vulnerable / tested versions: ----------------------------- The vulnerability has been identified in OpenProject version 8.3.1 which was the most current version at the time of discovery. According to the vendor all versions between 5.0.0 and 8.3.1 are affected. Older versions (< 5.0.0) are not vulnerable. Vendor contact timeline: ------------------------ 2019-04-30: Contacting vendor through security@openproject.com 2019-04-30: A patch is published in version 8.3.2 2019-05-06: Vendor publishes further details 2019-05-10: Release of security advisory Solution: --------- The vendor provides a patched version 8.3.2 and a security notice with further information: https://www.openproject.org/release-notes/openproject-8-3-2 https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/openproject-security/XlucAJMxmzM/hESpOaFVAwAJ Workaround: ----------- None Advisory URL: ------------- https://www.sec-consult.com/en/vulnerability-lab/advisories/index.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SEC Consult Vulnerability Lab SEC Consult Europe | Asia | North America About SEC Consult Vulnerability Lab The SEC Consult Vulnerability Lab is an integrated part of SEC Consult. It ensures the continued knowledge gain of SEC Consult in the field of network and application security to stay ahead of the attacker. The SEC Consult Vulnerability Lab supports high-quality penetration testing and the evaluation of new offensive and defensive technologies for our customers. Hence our customers obtain the most current information about vulnerabilities and valid recommendation about the risk profile of new technologies. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Interested to work with the experts of SEC Consult? Send us your application https://www.sec-consult.com/en/career/index.html Interested in improving your cyber security with the experts of SEC Consult? Contact our local offices https://www.sec-consult.com/en/contact/index.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mail: research at sec-consult dot com Web: https://www.sec-consult.com Blog: http://blog.sec-consult.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/sec_consult EOF Thanaphon Soo / @2019