20524 : Phorum search.php forum_ids Parameter SQL Injection
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Disclosure

Nov 04, 2005

Discovery

Nov 01, 2005

Dates

Exploit

Nov 04, 2005

Solution

Unknown

Keywords

waraxe-2005-SA#043

Description

Phorum contains a flaw that may allow a remote attacker to carry out an SQL injection attack. The issue is due to the 'search.php' script not properly sanitizing user-supplied input to the 'forum_ids' variable. This may allow a remote attacker to inject or manipulate SQL queries in the backend database.

Classification

Location: Remote/Network Access Required
Attack Type: Information Disclosure, Input Manipulation
Impact: Loss of Confidentiality, Loss of Integrity
Exploit: Exploit Available
Disclosure: OSVDB Verified
OSVDB: Web Related

Technical

This vulnerability is only present when the register_globals PHP option is set to 'on'. This has not been the default setting for PHP installs since version 4.2.0 (22-Apr-2002).

Solution

Upgrade to version 5.0.21 or higher, as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. An upgrade is required as there are no known workarounds.

Products

Brian Moon

Phorum

5.0.20

References

Secunia Advisory ID: 17456
CVE ID: 2005-3543 (see also: NVD)
FrSIRT Advisory: ADV-2005-2332
Mail List Post: http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2005-11/0063.html
Vendor URL: http://phorum.org/
Other Advisory URL: http://www.waraxe.us/advisory-43.html
Keyword: waraxe-2005-SA#043

Manual Testing Notes

Credit

Janek Vind "waraxe" - come2waraxeyahoo.com - Personal Page

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