warforge.NEWS authcheck.php SQL injection
| warforgenews-authcheck-sql-injection (25900) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
warforge.NEWS is vulnerable to SQL injection. If magic_quotes_gpc is disabled, a remote attacker could send specially-crafted SQL statements to the authcheck.php script using the 'authusername' or the 'authpassword' cookie variable, which could allow the attacker to bypass authentication and gain unauthorized access to the application or add, modify, or delete information in the back-end database.
Consequences:
Data Manipulation
Remedy:
No remedy available as of July 9, 2011.
References:
- eVuln Advisory EV0125: warforge.NEWS SQL Injection and Multiple XSS Vulnerabilities.
- The War Forge Web sit: warforge.NEWS.
- BID-17520: Warforge.NEWS Multiple Input Validation Vulnerabilities
- BID-17705: Warforge.News Authcheck.PHP SQL Injection Vulnerability
- CVE-2006-1817: SQL injection vulnerability in authcheck.php in warforge.NEWS 1.0, with magic_quotes_gpc disabled, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the (1) authusername and possibly the (2) authpassword cookie.
- VUPEN/ADV-2006-1359: Warforge.NEWS Multiple SQL Injection and Cross Site Scripting Vulnerabilities
Platforms Affected:
- War Forge warforge.NEWS 1.0
Reported:
Apr 14, 2006
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