PostNuke changeinfo.php script SQL injection
| postnuke-changeinfo-sql-injection (15875) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
PostNuke is vulnerable to SQL injection. A remote attacker could send a specially-crafted URL to the changeinfo.php script containing malicious SQL code in the timezoneoffset variable, which would allow the attacker to add, modify or delete user information in the backend database.
*CVSS:
| Base Score: | 7 |
| Access Vector: | Remote |
| Access Complexity: | Low |
| Authentication: | Not Required |
| Confidentiality Impact: | Partial |
| Integrity Impact: | Partial |
| Availability Impact: | Partial |
| Temporal Score: | 6.1 |
| Exploitability: | High |
| Remediation Level: | Official-Fix |
| Report Confidence: | Confirmed |
Consequences:
Data Manipulation
Remedy:
Upgrade to the latest version of PostNuke (0.726-2 or later), as listed in PostNuke Security Advisory PNSA 2004-2. See References.
References:
- Full-Disclosure Mailing List, Wed Apr 14 2004 - 13:18:31 CDT: Postnuke v 0.726 and below SQL injection.
- PostNuke Security Advisory PNSA 2004-2: SQL injection in Comments and Your_Account modules..
- BID-10146: PostNuke Phoenix Multiple Module SQL Injection Vulnerabilities
- CVE-2004-1949: SQL injection vulnerability in PostNuke 7.2.6 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL via (1) the sif parameter to index.php in the Comments module or (2) timezoneoffset parameter to changeinfo.php in the Your_Account module.
- OSVDB ID: 5368: PostNuke index.php sif Variable SQL Injection
- OSVDB ID: 5369: PostNuke changeinfo.php timezoneoffset Variable SQL Injection
- SA11386: PostNuke SQL Injection Vulnerabilities
- SECTRACK ID: 1009801: PostNuke Input Validation Flaw in `NS-Your_Account` Module Lets Remote Users Inject SQL Commands
Platforms Affected:
- PostNuke PostNuke 0.726 and prior
Reported:
Apr 14, 2004
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