CVE-2020-25608
📋 TL;DR
This SQL injection vulnerability in Mitel MiCollab's SAS portal allows attackers to access user credentials by sending malicious database queries. Organizations using MiCollab versions before 9.2 are affected, potentially exposing authentication data.
💻 Affected Systems
- Mitel MiCollab
📦 What is this software?
⚠️ Risk & Real-World Impact
Worst Case
Complete compromise of user credentials leading to unauthorized access to sensitive systems, data exfiltration, and lateral movement within the network.
Likely Case
Credential harvesting and potential account takeover of MiCollab users, enabling further attacks against the collaboration platform.
If Mitigated
Limited impact with proper input validation and database permissions, potentially only exposing non-sensitive data.
🎯 Exploit Status
SQL injection vulnerabilities typically have low exploitation complexity when unauthenticated
🛠️ Fix & Mitigation
✅ Official Fix
Patch Version: 9.2 or later
Vendor Advisory: https://www.mitel.com/support/security-advisories
Restart Required: Yes
Instructions:
1. Download MiCollab version 9.2 or later from Mitel support portal. 2. Backup current configuration. 3. Apply the update following Mitel's upgrade documentation. 4. Restart MiCollab services.
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Input Validation Rules
allImplement web application firewall rules to block SQL injection patterns
WAF-specific rules to block SQL injection patterns
Network Segmentation
allRestrict access to MiCollab SAS portal to trusted networks only
firewall rules to limit access to specific IP ranges
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Implement strict network access controls to limit exposure of the SAS portal
- Enable detailed logging and monitoring for SQL injection attempts
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Check MiCollab version in administration interface - if version is below 9.2, system is vulnerableCheck Version:
Check via MiCollab web interface or consult system documentationVerify Fix Applied:
Verify version is 9.2 or higher in administration interface and test SQL injection attempts are blocked📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- Unusual database queries from web application logs
- Multiple failed authentication attempts following SQL patterns
Network Indicators:
- SQL keywords in HTTP requests to SAS portal endpoints
- Unusual database connection patterns
SIEM Query:
web.url:*sas* AND (web.query:*SELECT* OR web.query:*UNION* OR web.query:*OR*1=1*)