SQL_Injection @ /src/main/webapp/vulnerability/forum.jsp

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Checkmarx (SAST): SQL_Injection
Security Issue: Read More about SQL_Injection
Checkmarx Project: cyates-checkmarx/JVL
Repository URL: https://github.com/cyates-checkmarx/JVL
Branch: master
Scan ID: 6bf2c567-d73e-490c-ac86-a35dd14d497b

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The application's forum method executes an SQL query with executeUpdate, at line 48 of /src/main/webapp/vulnerability/forum.jsp. The application constructs this SQL query by embedding an untrusted string into the query without proper sanitization. The concatenated string is submitted to the database, where it is parsed and executed accordingly.

An attacker would be able to inject arbitrary syntax and data into the SQL query, by crafting a malicious payload and providing it via the input ""title""; this input is then read by the forum method at line 43 of /src/main/webapp/vulnerability/forum.jsp. This input then flows through the code, into a query and to the database server - without sanitization.

This may enable an SQL Injection attack.

Result #1:
Severity: HIGH
State: TO_VERIFY
Status: RECURRENT
Attack Vector:

    1. ""title"": /src/main/webapp/vulnerability/forum.jsp[43,71]
    2. getParameter: /src/main/webapp/vulnerability/forum.jsp[43,70]
    3. title: /src/main/webapp/vulnerability/forum.jsp[43,44]
    4. title: /src/main/webapp/vulnerability/forum.jsp[48,126]
    5. executeUpdate: /src/main/webapp/vulnerability/forum.jsp[48,61]
    Review result in Checkmarx One: SQL_Injection

Result #2:
Severity: HIGH
State: TO_VERIFY
Status: RECURRENT
Attack Vector:

    1. ""user"": /src/main/webapp/vulnerability/forum.jsp[41,70]
    2. getParameter: /src/main/webapp/vulnerability/forum.jsp[41,69]
    3. user: /src/main/webapp/vulnerability/forum.jsp[41,44]
    4. user: /src/main/webapp/vulnerability/forum.jsp[48,138]
    5. executeUpdate: /src/main/webapp/vulnerability/forum.jsp[48,61]
    Review result in Checkmarx One: SQL_Injection

Result #3:
Severity: HIGH
State: TO_VERIFY
Status: RECURRENT
Attack Vector:

    1. ""content"": /src/main/webapp/vulnerability/forum.jsp[42,73]
    2. getParameter: /src/main/webapp/vulnerability/forum.jsp[42,72]
    3. content: /src/main/webapp/vulnerability/forum.jsp[42,44]
    4. content: /src/main/webapp/vulnerability/forum.jsp[48,112]
    5. executeUpdate: /src/main/webapp/vulnerability/forum.jsp[48,61]
    Review result in Checkmarx One: SQL_Injection