Advisory ID: HTB23080 Product: OrangeHRM Vendor: OrangeHRM Inc. Vulnerable Version(s): 2.7 RC and probably prior Tested Version: 2.7 RC Vendor Notification: 7 March 2012 Vendor Patch: 24 April 2012 Public Disclosure: 9 May 2012 Vulnerability Type: SQL Injection, Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) CVE References: CVE-2012-1506, CVE-2012-1507 Solution Status: Fixed by Vendor Risk Level: High Credit: High-Tech Bridge SA Security Research Lab ( https://www.htbridge.com/advisory/ ) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Advisory Details: High-Tech Bridge SA Security Research Lab has discovered multiple vulnerabilities in OrangeHRM, which can be exploited to perform SQL Injection and Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) attacks. 1) SQL Injection in OrangeHRM: CVE-2012-1506 1.1 Input passed via the "hspSummaryId" GET parameter to /plugins/ajaxCalls/haltResumeHsp.php is not properly sanitised before being used in SQL "UPDATE" query. This vulnerability can be exploited by time-based blind SQL injection techniques to reveal sensitive information from the database. The following PoC (Proof of Concept) will cause a delay of the script execution if MySQL server version is 5.*: http://[host]/plugins/ajaxCalls/haltResumeHsp.php?newHspStatus=1&empId=2&hspSummaryId=%27%20OR%20%28select%20IF%28%28select%20mid%28version%28%29,1,1%29%29=5,%28select%20BENCHMARK%281000000,ENCODE%28%22hello%22,%22goodbye%22%29%29%29,%272%27%29%29%20--%202 Successful exploitation of this vulnerability requires attacker to be registered and logged-in. 2) Multiple Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in OrangeHRM: CVE-2012-1507 2.1 Input passed via the "newHspStatus" GET parameter to /plugins/ajaxCalls/haltResumeHsp.php is not properly sanitised before being returned to the user. This can be exploited to execute arbitrary HTML and script code in a user's browser session in context of affected website. The following PoC (Proof of Concept) demonstrate the vulnerability: http://[host]/plugins/ajaxCalls/haltResumeHsp.php?hspSummaryId=1&newHspStatus=1%3Cscript%3Ealert%28document.cookie%29;%3C/script%3E&empId=1 2.2 Input passed via the "sortOrder" GET parameter to /templates/hrfunct/emppop.php is not properly sanitised before being returned to the user. This can be exploited to execute arbitrary HTML and script code in a user's browser session in context of affected website. The following PoC (Proof of Concept) demonstrate the vulnerability: http://[host]/templates/hrfunct/emppop.php?reqcode=1&sortOrder1=%22%3E%3Cscript%3Ealert%28document.cookie%29;%3C/script%3E 2.3 Input passed via the "uri" GET parameter to /index.php is not properly sanitised before being returned to the user. This can be exploited to execute arbitrary HTML and script code in a administrator's browser session in context of affected website. The following PoC (Proof of Concept) demonstrate the vulnerability: http://[host]/index.php?uri=%22%3E%3C/iframe%3E%3Cscript%3Ealert%28document.cookie%29;%3C/script%3E ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Solution: Upgrade to OrangeHRM 2.7 Stable Release. More Information: http://blog.orangehrm.com/2012/04/24/orangehrm-27-stable-release-with-complete-localization/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- References: [1] High-Tech Bridge Advisory HTB23080 - https://www.htbridge.com/advisory/HTB23080 - Multiple vulnerabilities in OrangeHRM. [2] OrangeHRM - http://www.orangehrm.com - OrangeHRM is the world’s most popular Open Source Human Resource Management Software (HRMS) with over 1,000,000 users globally. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Disclaimer: The information provided in this Advisory is provided "as is" and without any warranty of any kind. Details of this Advisory may be updated in order to provide as accurate information as possible. The latest version of the Advisory is available on web page [1] in the References.
