Geeklog users.php and lib-sessions.php SQL injection
| geeklog-users-sessions-sql-injection (24775) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
Geeklog is vulnerable to SQL injection. A remote attacker could send specially-crafted SQL statements to the users.php script using the $userid variable or to the lib-sessions.php script using the $sessid variable, which could allow the attacker to add, modify, or delete information in the back-end 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 Geeklog (1.4.0sr1 or later) or (1.3.11sr4 or later), available from the Geeklog Web site. See References.
References:
- Geeklog Web site: Security Update for Geeklog 1.4.0.
- Geeklog Web site: Security Update for Geeklog 1.3.11sr3.
- GulfTech Research And Development - February 19, 2006: Geeklog Remote Code Execution.
- BID-16755: Geeklog Multiple Input Validation Vulnerabilities
- CVE-2006-0823: Multiple SQL injection vulnerabilities in Geeklog 1.4.0 before 1.4.0sr1 and 1.3.11 before 1.3.11sr4 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary SQL commands via the (1) userid variable to users.php or (2) sessid variable to lib-sessions.php.
- OSVDB ID: 23348: Geeklog lib-sessions.php sessid Variable SQL Injection
- SA18920: Geeklog SQL Injection and File Inclusion Vulnerabilities
- VUPEN/ADV-2006-0661: Geeklog Multiple Remote SQL Injection and File Inclusion Vulnerabilities
Platforms Affected:
- Geeklog Geeklog prior to 1.3.11 sr3
- Geeklog Geeklog prior to 1.4.0 sr1
Reported:
Feb 19, 2006
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