CM Informatics CM News SQL Injection Vulnerability

A SQL injection vulnerability has been identified in CM Informatics CM News versions through 6.0. This vulnerability arises from improper neutralization of special elements used in SQL commands, allowing attackers to manipulate SQL queries and potentially access or modify database information.

Impact

Exploitation of this vulnerability allows for SQL injection, where an attacker can interfere with the application's database queries. This could lead to unauthorized data access, data manipulation, or in some cases, executing administrative operations on the database.

Remediation

CM Informatics has discontinued support for the CM News product. Users and system administrators are advised to switch to an alternative software.