paFAQ SQL injection

pafaq-sql-injection (19371) The risk level is classified as MediumMedium Risk

Description:

paFAQ is vulnerable to SQL injection. By sending a specially-crafted URL request to the question.php, answer.php, search.php, or comment.php script containing SQL code, a remote attacker could obtain sensitive information and add, modify or delete data in the backend database.


Consequences:

Data Manipulation

Remedy:

No remedy available as of July 9, 2011.

References:

  • BugTraq Mailing List, Thu Feb 17 2005 - 03:21:12 CST : paFAQ Beta4 Sql Injection.
  • paFAQ Web page: PHP Arena.
  • BID-12582: PaFaq SQL Injection Vulnerability
  • CVE-2005-0475: SQL injection vulnerability in paFAQ Beta4, and possibly other versions, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL code via the (1) offset, (2) limit, (3) order, or (4) orderby parameter to question.php, (5) offset parameter to answer.php, (6) search_item parameter to search.php, (7) cat_id, (8) cid, or (9) id parameter to comment.php.

Platforms Affected:

  • PHP Arena paFAQ Beta 4

Reported:

Feb 17, 2005

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