OSVDB ID: 20693

Title: PHP-Nuke article.php sid Variable SQL Injection

Info

Disclosure

Sep 15, 2005

Discovery

Unknown

Dates

Exploit

Unknown

Solution

Unknown

Description

PHP-Nuke contains a flaw that may allow an attacker to carry out an SQL injection attack. The issue is due to the article.php script not properly sanitizing user-supplied input to the 'sid' 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

Solution

Upgrade to version 7.8 or higher, as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. An upgrade is required as there are no known workarounds.

Products

PHP-Nuke

PHP-Nuke

7.7

References

Credit

Unknown or Incomplete



Direct URL: http://osvdb.org/36218