Last revised: 2021-11-01
A vulnerability has been reported in the utility controller used by Open-AudIT. The vulnerability has been fixed and a patch is available as well as included in the next release of Open-AudIT (4.3.0). The vulnerability is caused by un-validated user input to a publicly available function. The patch removes this vulnerability by validating the user input.
This issue is remotely exploitable by unauthenticated users. All users are advised to apply the patch immediately.
Open-AudIT versions 3.5.0 and later.
A patch for the issue described in this bulletin will be available in the next released Open-AudIT v4.3.0, expected before Nov 12th (subject to change).
Download the attached file and replace the following file:
Linux - /usr/local/open-audit/code_igniter/application/controllers\util.php
Windows - c:\xampp\open-audit\code_igniter\application\controllers\util.php
The file is also available on Github at https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Opmantek/open-audit/master/code_igniter/application/controllers/util.php
You can see the code changed for this patch, also on Github at https://github.com/Opmantek/open-audit/commit/1ce039306d85598880ff25fbeb20195ef3b7a993#diff-0d4f2e9612b02690fdeac430d36d1a8c334d6fb1e1d17c223cbfe5321b2bd04e