SQL Injection in OpenCATS DataGrid Sort Parameter

OpenCATS through 0.9.7.4 contains a sql injection vulnerability in the sortDirection parameter of the DataGrid component that allows authenticated users to extract database contents. Attackers can inject malicious SQL via the sortDirection parameter in ajax/getDataGridPager.php to perform time-based blind injection attacks and read sensitive data.

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Analysis

OpenCATS versions through 0.9.7.4 contain a critical SQL injection vulnerability in the sortDirection parameter of the DataGrid component's ajax/getDataGridPager.php endpoint. While the vulnerability requires authentication to exploit, it allows attackers to inject arbitrary SQL commands and extract sensitive database contents through time-based blind injection techniques. This affects any organization deploying OpenCATS for applicant tracking, making it a direct threat to HR systems that handle confidential candidate information, employment records, and potentially personally identifiable information (PII).

Casky's 301 matched skills leverage Claude AI with extended reasoning to detect the attack patterns underlying this CVE across MITRE ATT&CK techniques TA0001 (Reconnaissance) and TA0043 (Reconnaissance). Practitioners using Casky will identify suspicious patterns such as: malformed or SQL-syntax-laden sortDirection parameters in web request logs, unusual time delays in DataGrid responses indicative of blind injection probing, repeated requests to getDataGridPager.php with varying parameter payloads, and authenticated sessions performing anomalous database queries. The platform's skill mapping helps security teams correlate these indicators with CWE-89 (SQL Injection) signatures, enabling detection of both active exploitation attempts and reconnaissance activity as attackers probe for injection points before launching full data extraction attacks.

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MITRE ATT&CK Techniques

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