CVE-2013-3577
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedSQL injection vulnerability in the Help Desk application in Wave EMBASSY Remote Administration Server (ERAS) allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the ct100$4MainController$TextBoxSearchValue parameter (aka the search field).
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceSQL injection vulnerability in Wave EMBASSY Remote Administration Server's Help Desk application allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the ct100$4MainController$TextBoxSearchValue search parameter.
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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE dataall versionsall versionsCVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Authentication
- None
- Confidentiality
- Partial
- Integrity
- Partial
- Availability
- Partial
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Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Verify Wave EMBASSY Remote Administration Server is installedCheck for the presence of Wave EMBASSY RAS service or application in your environment. This may be visible in installed programs, running services, or listening network ports if it operates as a server.Affected if Wave EMBASSY Remote Administration Server is present and running
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Confirm the Help Desk application is accessibleIdentify if the Help Desk component of Wave EMBASSY RAS is exposed. This is typically a web-based interface accessible via HTTP/HTTPS on a configured port.Affected if The Help Desk web application is accessible on the network
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Locate the search functionality endpointIdentify the Help Desk search URL endpoint that processes the TextBoxSearchValue parameter. This is typically found in the main search interface of the Help Desk application.Affected if The Help Desk search functionality is reachable without authentication or with valid credentials
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Inspect the vulnerable parameterExamine HTTP requests to the Help Desk for the parameter name ct100$4MainController$TextBoxSearchValue. This parameter handles search input in the application's search box.Affected if The parameter ct100$4MainController$TextBoxSearchValue is present in the search functionality
If Wave EMBASSY Remote Administration Server with its Help Desk component is running and the TextBoxSearchValue parameter is exposed, the environment is vulnerable to SQL injection via that parameter.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataImplement parameterized queries or prepared statements for the search functionality to prevent SQL injection attacks, and validate/sanitize user input in the TextBoxSearchValue parameter.
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