CVE-2018-12464 — A SQL injection vulnerability in the web administration and quarantine component

A SQL injection vulnerability in the web administration and quarantine components of Micro Focus Secure Messaging Gateway allows an unauthenticated remote attacker to execute arbitrary SQL statements against the database. This can be exploited to create an administrative account

01What is this vulnerability?

A SQL injection vulnerability in the web administration and quarantine components of Micro Focus Secure Messaging Gateway allows an unauthenticated remote attacker to execute arbitrary SQL statements against the database. This can be exploited to create an administrative account and used in conjunction with CVE-2018-12465 to achieve unauthenticated remote code execution. Affects Micro Focus…

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Micro Focus	Secure Messaging Gateway	unspecified

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

08Timeline

• Published: 2018-06-29T16:00:00.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-09-17T01:55:32.229Z

09References

• www.exploit-db.com — https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45083/
• support.microfocus.com — https://support.microfocus.com/kb/doc.php?id=7023132
• pentest.blog — https://pentest.blog/unexpected-journey-6-all-ways-lead-to-rome-remote-code-exec…