This vulnerability (tracked under CVE-2018-25176 ) remains a high-risk issue for organizations still using legacy versions of this software. To protect systems, security professionals at SentinelOne and VulnCheck recommend the following:
More dangerously, the system's "person photo upload" feature lacks sufficient validation. The exploit demonstrates how a malicious actor can upload a PHP shell (malicious script) into the images/uploaded directory. Once uploaded, the attacker can execute system-level commands, effectively gaining Remote Code Execution (RCE) on the server. 45840.rar
The exploit targets a search endpoint where the key parameter is improperly sanitized. An attacker can use this to execute arbitrary SQL queries, potentially leaking sensitive parishioner data or bypassing authentication entirely. This vulnerability (tracked under CVE-2018-25176 ) remains a
to block common SQL injection patterns.