CVE-2014-4649
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 photo-edit subsystem in Piwigo 2.6.x and 2.7.x before 2.7.0beta2 allows remote authenticated administrators to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the associate[] 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 · high confidenceSQL injection vulnerability in Piwigo's photo-edit subsystem allows remote authenticated administrators to execute arbitrary SQL commands through the associate[] field, likely due to unsanitized user input being directly incorporated into SQL queries.
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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 data= 2.6.0= 2.6.1= 2.6.2= 2.6.3= 2.7.0CVSS 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
- Single
- 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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Identify Piwigo installation versionAccess the Piwigo administration panel and navigate to the version information page (typically under Tools > Version), or check the version.php file in the Piwigo installation directory if you have file system accessAffected if Installed version is 2.6.0, 2.6.1, 2.6.2, 2.6.3, or 2.7.0 (exact match to any of these)
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Confirm administrative access to photo-edit subsystemLog in as an administrator and verify access to the photo management/editing section where photos can be selected for batch operationsAffected if Administrative credentials exist and photo-edit functionality is accessible in the affected versions
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Verify the associate[] parameter is processedInspect the photo-edit form submission for the associate[] field, which is used for associating photos with tags or albums in the batch editing interfaceAffected if The associate[] parameter is present in the photo-edit form and submitted without sanitization in affected versions
A user is affected if they are running any of the exact versions 2.6.0, 2.6.1, 2.6.2, 2.6.3, or 2.7.0 of Piwigo with administrative access enabled and the photo-edit associate[] functionality in use
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 dataUpgrade Piwigo to version 2.7.0beta2 or later. As a temporary measure, restrict administrative access and monitor logs for suspicious SQL patterns in the photo-edit functionality.
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