Description

Improper neutralization of special elements used in an SQL command ('SQL injection') vulnerability in Loca Software Informatics Technology Ltd. Co. CMS allows SQL Injection. This issue affects CMS: through 06082026. NOTE: The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.

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  "score": "9.8",
  "pubDate": "2026-08-06T14:16:36.840Z",
  "pubdate": "2026-08-06T14:16:36.840Z",
  "executiveSummary": "An improper neutralization of special elements used in an SQL command vulnerability, commonly known as SQL Injection, has been identified in Loca Software Informatics Technology Ltd. Co. CMS. This security flaw affects all versions of the CMS through 06082026. The vulnerability arises due to the application failing to properly sanitize or parameterize user-supplied input before incorporating it into database queries. Consequently, malicious actors can manipulate database interaction logic by injecting specially crafted SQL payloads into vulnerable input vectors.\nSuccessful exploitation of this vulnerability can lead to severe security implications, including unauthorized data access, modification, or deletion of sensitive database contents, and potentially complete compromise of the underlying database server depending on database user privileges. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way, leaving systems running the affected versions without an official vendor patch.\nAttackers targeting this vulnerability do not require prior authentication unless the vulnerable input point sits behind an authenticated boundary. The risk is elevated by the ease of automating SQL injection attacks, allowing unauthenticated or authenticated adversaries to extract confidential data, bypass authentication mechanisms, or execute arbitrary database commands. Mitigation requires implementing robust input validation and parameterized queries across the application codebase.",
  "technicalDetails": "The vulnerability is classified under CWE-89, representing an improper neutralization of special elements used in an SQL command. The root cause stems from the Loca Software Informatics Technology Ltd. Co. CMS source code directly concatenating unsanitized or unescaped user-supplied parameters into dynamic SQL query strings rather than utilizing parameterized queries, prepared statements, or object-relational mapping (ORM) abstractions with safe query construction.\nThe affected component is the database interaction layer of the Loca Software Informatics Technology Ltd. Co. CMS, impacting all versions through 06082026. The vulnerability is accessible over the network, typically via Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) request parameters such as GET query strings, POST body data, or HTTP headers (e.g., User-Agent, Cookie) that are improperly handled and processed by the application's backend database queries.\nThe attack flow proceeds in a stepwise manner. First, an adversary identifies an input vector within the CMS that reflects or processes user input within a database query without adequate sanitization. Second, the attacker transmits a crafted HTTP request containing malicious SQL syntax, such as single quotes, UNION operators, boolean conditions, or stacked queries, designed to alter the intended structure of the backend SQL command.\nThird, the vulnerable CMS component incorporates the malicious input directly into the SQL statement and executes it against the underlying database management system (DBMS). Because the input contains unneutralized special characters, the DBMS interprets the injected string as executable SQL code rather than literal data. Fourth, the database executes the modified query, returning unintended results, error messages that leak database architecture, or executing malicious data manipulation operations.\nDepending on the exact vector and database configuration, post-exploitation impact ranges from data exfiltration via UNION-based techniques, inference-based data extraction via boolean or time-based blind SQL injection, to administrative database interactions. Privilege requirements and authentication dependency depend entirely on where the vulnerable input vector is exposed within the application architecture, though public-facing endpoints permit unauthenticated exploitation."
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