SQL injection vulnerability in AlienVault OSSIM before 4.7.0 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary SQL commands via unspec…

published 2014-08-21 12y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2014-5271

cvss: 6.5; version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 21.2%; EPSS 21.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 97%
public exploits: 2; Metasploit and Exploit-DB

SQL injection vulnerability in AlienVault OSSIM before 4.7.0 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary SQL commands via unspecified vectors.

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Timeline

2014-05-09 First public exploit (Metasploit auxiliary/gather/alienvault_newpolicyform_sqli)
2014-08-21 Published

Exploit prediction

21.19% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 97% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

Metasploit auxiliary/gather/alienvault_newpolicyform_sqli AlienVault Authenticated SQL Injection Arbitrary File Read metasploit auxiliary, normal rank, 2014-05-09
EDB-33317 Alienvault Open Source SIEM (OSSIM) 4.6.1 - (Authenticated) SQL Injection (Metasploit) webapps, 2014-05-12
securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67312 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	2.0	6.5	AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness

CWE-89 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command

References

securityfocus.com /bid/67312
vdb-entry, exploit
forums.alienvault.com /discussion/2690
vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2014-5383
NVD CVE-2014-5383

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