Quicksilver Forums HTTP_USER_AGENT SQL injection
| quicksilverforums-header-sql-injection (23414) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
Quicksilver Forums is vulnerable to SQL injection. A remote attacker could embed specially-crafted SQL in the HTTP_USER_AGENT header to add, modify or delete information in the back-end database.
Consequences:
Data Manipulation
Remedy:
Upgrade to the latest version of Quicksilver (1.1.5 or later), available from the Quicksilver Web site or from the SourceForge.net Quicksilver Forums Web page. See References.
References:
- Quicksilver Forums Release Name: 1.1.5: File Release Notes and Changelog.
- Quicksilver Forums Web site: Quicksilver Forums News.
- SourceForge.net: About Quicksilver Forums.
- BID-15710: Quicksilver Forums SQL Injection Vulnerability
- CVE-2005-4030: SQL injection vulnerability in Quicksilver Forums before 1.5.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the HTTP_USER_AGENT header.
- OSVDB ID: 21443: Quicksilver Forums HTTP_USER_AGENT SQL Injection
- SA17861: Quicksilver Forums HTTP_USER_AGENT SQL Injection Vulnerability
- VUPEN/ADV-2005-2729: Quicksilver Forums HTTP_USER_AGENT SQL Injection Vulnerability
Platforms Affected:
- Quicksilver Forums Quicksilver Forums prior to 1.1.5
Reported:
Dec 05, 2005
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