CVE-2018-6493
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 in HP Network Operations Management Ultimate, version 2017.07, 2017.11, 2018.02 and in Network Automation, version 10.00, 10.10, 10.11, 10.20, 10.30, 10.40, 10.50. This vulnerability could be remotely exploited to allow Remote SQL Injection.
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 HP Network Operations Management Ultimate and Network Automation allows remote attackers to inject malicious SQL queries through unsanitized input parameters, potentially enabling unauthorized data access, modification, or deletion of database contents.
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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= 2017.07= 2017.11= 2018.02= 10.00= 10.10= 10.11= 10.20= 10.30= 10.40= 10.50CVSS 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
- Privileges
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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 the installed version of HP Network Operations Management UltimateAccess the product's about or version information page, typically found in the admin console or by running 'opcversion' or checking the installation directory for version filesAffected if The installed version is exactly 2017.07, 2017.11, or 2018.02
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Identify the installed version of HP Network AutomationAccess the product's version details through the web interface under Help > About, or check the installation manifest or registry entriesAffected if The installed version is exactly 10.00, 10.10, 10.11, 10.20, 10.30, 10.40, or 10.50
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Verify if the web-based management interface is exposedCheck network listeners and firewall rules to determine if ports for the application web interface (typically 8080, 8443, or 443) are accessible from untrusted networksAffected if The web interface is accessible to remote users without network segmentation
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Review application input handling for SQL query parametersExamine the application's request logs or proxy traffic to identify parameters that are passed to database query functions without visible sanitizationAffected if User-supplied parameters in HTTP requests are directly concatenated into SQL queries without parameterized binding
You are affected if you are running any of the specific versions listed AND the web interface accepts remote user input that flows to database queries without sanitization.
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 dataReplace dynamic SQL queries with parameterized queries/stored procedures and implement strict input validation across all user-supplied fields to prevent SQL injection attacks.
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
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