Compliance Impact

The vulnerability in WeGIA prior to version 3.6.7 involves SQL injection due to unsanitized input being concatenated directly into SQL queries. This can lead to unauthorized access, data modification, or data loss.

Such security weaknesses can impact compliance with common standards and regulations like GDPR and HIPAA, which require protection of sensitive data and prevention of unauthorized access or data breaches.

Specifically, exploitation of this vulnerability could result in confidentiality, integrity, and availability violations of protected data, potentially leading to non-compliance with these regulations.

Useful 0 Not Useful 0

Executive Summary

The vulnerability exists in WeGIA, a web manager for charitable institutions, in versions prior to 3.6.7. Specifically, the file `html/socio/sistema/deletar_tag.php` uses the PHP function `extract($_REQUEST)` which imports user-supplied request variables into the local symbol table. Then, the variable `$id_tag` is directly concatenated into SQL queries without any sanitization or use of prepared statements. This creates a risk of SQL injection attacks.

Useful 0 Not Useful 0

Impact Analysis

This vulnerability can have severe impacts because it allows an attacker to perform SQL injection. The CVSS score of 8.8 indicates high severity with potential for high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. An attacker could manipulate or delete data, gain unauthorized access, or disrupt the service of the WeGIA application.

Useful 0 Not Useful 0

Mitigation Strategies

To mitigate this vulnerability, upgrade WeGIA to version 3.6.7 or later, as this version patches the issue.

Avoid using the vulnerable file `html/socio/sistema/deletar_tag.php` in versions prior to 3.6.7, since it uses unsafe practices such as `extract($_REQUEST)` and direct concatenation of user input into SQL queries without sanitization or prepared statements.

Useful 0 Not Useful 0