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Plain-English summary
AreaLoad has a SQL injection flaw in request.php involving the phone argument. An attacker with low privileges and adjacent-network access could affect limited confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The product lacks versioning, so exposure must be checked by code revision, not release number.
Executive priority
Treat this as a moderate-priority remediation unless AreaLoad is exposed beyond trusted networks or supports sensitive workflows. The lack of versioning increases inventory risk and should drive prompt verification.
Technical view
CVE-2017-20195 is CWE-89 SQL injection in LUNAD3v AreaLoad request.php. Sources identify affected code up to commit 1a1103182ed63a06dde63d1712f3262eda19c3ec and a fixing commit 264813c546dba03989ac0fc365f2022bf65e3be2. CVSS 3.1 is 5.5 with AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L.
Likely exposure
Exposure is likely limited to organizations running LUNAD3v AreaLoad code at or before the affected commit. No CPEs or release versions are provided because the product does not use versioning.
Exploitation context
The bundle does not report CISA KEV listing or active exploitation. VulDB rates the issue critical, but the supplied CVSS score is medium and requires adjacent-network access plus low privileges.
Researcher notes
Evidence is narrow: the affected processing is described as unknown, and version boundaries are unavailable. The strongest anchors are the CVSS vector, CWE-89 classification, affected commit, and patch commit.
Mitigation direction
- Apply or incorporate commit 264813c546dba03989ac0fc365f2022bf65e3be2.
- Identify AreaLoad deployments by repository commit, not product version.
- Prioritize systems reachable from untrusted adjacent networks.
- Check vendor and CVE records for newer guidance.
- Retest the application after applying the patch.
Validation and detection
- Inventory systems for LUNAD3v AreaLoad usage.
- Compare deployed code with the affected and patched commit identifiers.
- Review request.php for patched phone parameter handling.
- Confirm network placement does not exceed the CVSS adjacent-network assumption.
- Review logs for unusual request.php activity without testing exploit payloads.
Public sources used
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Open ATT&CK lookup- Severity
- 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
- VDB-281987 | LUNAD3v AreaLoad request.php sql injectionCVE reference · vdb-entry, technical-description
- VDB-281987 | CTI Indicators (IOB, IOC, TTP, IOA)CVE reference · signature, permissions-required
- https://github.com/LUNAD3v/areaload/commit/264813c546dba03989ac0fc365f2022bf65e3be2CVE reference · patch
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CWE details
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Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')
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