20991 : PHP-Fusion /forum/options.php forum_id Variable SQL Injection
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9 months ago

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Disclosure

Nov 18, 2005

Discovery

Unknown

Dates

Exploit

Unknown

Solution

Unknown

Description

PHP-Fusion contains a flaw that may allow an attacker to carry out an SQL injection attack. The issue is due to the /forum/options.php script not properly sanitizing user-supplied input to the 'forum_id' variable. This may allow an 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 Unknown
Disclosure: OSVDB Verified
OSVDB: Web Related

Technical

This vulnerability is only present when the magic_quotes_gpc PHP option is 'off'.

Solution

Currently, there are no known workarounds or upgrades to correct this issue. However, the PHP-Fusion dev team has released a patch to address this vulnerability.

Products

PHP-Fusion

PHP-Fusion

6.00.206P

References

Secunia Advisory ID: 17664
CVE ID: 2005-3740 (see also: NVD)
Related OSVDB ID: 20990 20992
FrSIRT Advisory: ADV-2005-2504
Mail List Post: http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2005-11/0234.html
Other Advisory URL: http://myblog.it-security23.net/advisories/advisory-6.txt
Vendor Specific Solution URL: http://www.php-fusion.co.uk/downloads.php?cat_id=3&download_id=174

Credit

Robin Verton - r.vertongmail.com -

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