Local file disclosure via connection parameter injection
Published Feb 6, 2025 · Updated Feb 6, 2025
Parameter injection in WhoDB before 0.45.0 allows remote attackers to read local host files through crafted database connection fields. MySQL connection code concatenates unescaped field values into its connection URI, allowing allowAllFiles=true to reach the Go MySQL driver. Default deployments require no WhoDB authentication; access to any controlled MySQL server is sufficient to load and disclose files readable by WhoDB.
Summary
What happened
Parameter injection in WhoDB before 0.45.0 allows remote attackers to read local host files through crafted database connection fields. MySQL connection code concatenates unescaped field values into its connection URI, allowing allowAllFiles=true to reach the Go MySQL driver. Default deployments require no WhoDB authentication; access to any controlled MySQL server is sufficient to load and disclose files readable by WhoDB.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2025-24787
- Published
- Feb 6, 2025
- Updated
- Feb 6, 2025
- Vendor
- Clidey
- Product
- WhoDB
- Classifications
- CWE-943, T1190
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Feb 6, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Feb 6, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=< 0.45.0
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Attacks
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Weakness, pattern, technique
Public exploit references
- Upstream WhoDB local-file disclosure proof of conceptproof of concept · demonstrated
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