freeForum Input Validation Flaw in 'cat' and 'thread' Parameters Permits SQL Injection Attacks
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SecurityTracker Alert ID: 1015269
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SecurityTracker URL: http://securitytracker.com/id?1015269
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CVE Reference: GENERIC-MAP-NOMATCH
(Links to External Site)
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Date: Nov 24 2005
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Impact: Disclosure of authentication information, Disclosure of system information, Disclosure of user information, User access via network
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Exploit Included: Yes
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Version(s): 1.1 and prior versions
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Description: A vulnerability was reported in freeForum. A remote user can inject SQL commands.
The 'forum.php' script does not properly validate user-supplied input in the 'cat' and 'thread' parameters. A remote user can supply
specially crafted parameter values to execute SQL commands on the underlying database.
Some demonstration exploit URLs are provided:
/freeForum/forum.php?cat=[SQL]
/freeForum/forum.php?mode=thread&thread=[SQL]
r0t discovered this vulnerability.
The original report is available at:
http://pridels.blogspot.com/2005/11/freefo
rum-1x-cat-and-thread-sql-inj.html
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Impact: A remote user can execute SQL commands on the underlying database.
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Solution: No solution was available at the time of this entry.
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Vendor URL: soft.zoneo.net/freeForum/ (Links to External Site)
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Cause: Input validation error
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Underlying OS: Linux (Any), UNIX (Any), Windows (Any)
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Message History:
None.
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Source Message Contents
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Date: Thu, 24 Nov 2005 15:08:51 -0500
Subject: freeForum 1.x "cat" and "thread" SQL inj.
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http://pridels.blogspot.com/2005/11/freeforum-1x-cat-and-thread-sql-inj.html
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