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Plain-English summary
CVE-2016-15013 is a SQL injection issue in ForumHulp searchresults. A logged-in or adjacent attacker may be able to influence database queries through the search keyword handling path, risking limited data exposure, data changes, or service impact. Public sources identify a specific patch commit, but affected versions are not clearly enumerated.
Executive priority
Schedule remediation in the next normal security maintenance window, sooner for production systems with sensitive data. The issue is credible and patch-identified, but current sources do not support emergency treatment or active exploitation claims.
Technical view
The vulnerability is CWE-89 SQL injection in the list_keywords function in event/listener.php. The vulnerable input is the word argument. The supplied CVSS 3.1 vector is AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L, score 5.5. The public record points to patch commit dd8a312bb285ad9735a8e1da58e9e955837b7322.
Likely exposure
Exposure is likely limited to systems using ForumHulp searchresults, with affected versions listed only as n/a. The CVSS vector indicates adjacent-network access and low privileges are required, so internet-wide unauthenticated exposure is not supported by the provided evidence.
Exploitation context
The source bundle does not show CISA KEV listing or cited evidence of active exploitation. Treat exploitation as plausible for unpatched deployments because SQL injection is a well-understood class, but do not assume real-world exploitation from these sources alone.
Researcher notes
The main evidence gap is version scope: affected versions are not specified beyond n/a. Validate by comparing local code to the GitHub patch rather than relying on package version alone. Avoid claiming exploitation unless new KEV or vendor evidence appears.
Mitigation direction
- Apply the ForumHulp patch commit dd8a312bb285ad9735a8e1da58e9e955837b7322.
- Confirm deployed searchresults code includes the pull request 2 changes.
- Check ForumHulp project guidance for any fixed release or additional remediation.
- Prioritize patching systems where searchresults is installed in production.
Validation and detection
- Inventory deployments for ForumHulp searchresults and event/listener.php.
- Check whether list_keywords handles the word argument with patched query handling.
- Verify the deployed code matches the referenced patched commit.
- Review database logs for suspicious search keyword query errors.
Public sources used
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- Medium
- CVSS
- 5.5 (3.1)
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
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CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L2.13.4Primary CVE scoreVulnerability scoring details
Base CVSS 3.1 score
5.5MediumVector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- https://vuldb.com/?id.217628CVE reference · vdb-entry, technical-description
- https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.217628CVE reference · signature, permissions-required
- https://github.com/ForumHulp/searchresults/pull/2CVE reference · issue-tracking
- https://github.com/ForumHulp/searchresults/commit/dd8a312bb285ad9735a8e1da58e9e955837b7322CVE reference · patch
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