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CVE-2012-5701

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2014-10-20 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-89

Description

Multiple SQL injection vulnerabilities in dotProject before 2.1.7 allow remote authenticated administrators to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the (1) search_string or (2) where parameter in a contacts action, (3) dept_id parameter in a departments action, (4) project_id[] parameter in a project action, or (5) company_id parameter in a system action to index.php. NOTE: this can be leveraged using CSRF to allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands.

Affected products

• Dotproject: through 2.1.6

References

• http://osvdb.org/87625
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/118274/dotProject-2.1.6-Cross-Site-Scripting-SQL-Injection.html
• http://sourceforge.net/projects/dotproject/files/dotproject/dotProject%20Version%202.1.7/
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56624
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80223
• https://www.htbridge.com/advisory/HTB23124
• http://osvdb.org/87625
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/118274/dotProject-2.1.6-Cross-Site-Scripting-SQL-Injection.html
• http://sourceforge.net/projects/dotproject/files/dotproject/dotProject%20Version%202.1.7/
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56624
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80223
• https://www.htbridge.com/advisory/HTB23124

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