CubeCart: Authenticated SQL Injection via `sort[]` Parameter in Admin Orders Transactions Listing
CubeCart is an ecommerce software solution. Prior to 6.7.0, the admin orders-transactions listing page (admin.php?_g=orders&node=transactions) builds a raw ORDER BY SQL fragment from the attacker-controlled $_GET['sort'] array without column or direction validation. Both the column key and the direction value flow into the query string as bare SQL tokens, and the framework's sqlSafe() (mysqli escape_string) escapes only quote characters — none of which are required for ORDER BY injection. An authenticated administrator with the minimum CC_PERM_READ permission on orders can execute arbitrary SQL against the store database, including time-based blind extraction of admin password hashes, customer PII, and integrated payment-gateway credentials. This vulnerability is fixed in 6.7.0.
Problem Types
| Type | CWE ID | Description |
|---|
| CWE | CWE-89 | CWE-89: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') |
Type: CWE
Description: CWE-89: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')
Metrics
| Version | Base score | Base severity | Vector |
|---|
| 3.1 | 4.9 | MEDIUM | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
Version: 3.1
Base score: 4.9
Base severity: MEDIUM
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N