MyBB CLIENT_IP SQL injection
| mybb-clientip-sql-injection (27752) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
MyBB is vulnerable to SQL injection. A remote attacker could send specially-crafted SQL statements to the getip() function in the inc/functions.php script using the 'CLIENT_IP' variable, which could allow the attacker to view, add, modify, or delete information in the back-end database.
Platforms Affected:
- MyBB, MyBB 1.1.5 and prior
Remedy:
Upgrade to the latest version of MyBB (version 1.1.6 or later), available from the MyBB Web site. See References.
Consequences:
Data Manipulation
References:
- BugTraq Mailing List, Sat Jul 15 2006 - 01:06:20 CDT, MyBulletinBoard (MyBB) 1.1.5 'CLIENT-IP' sql injection at http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2006-07/0254.html.
- MyBB Web site, MyBB - Home at http://www.mybboard.com/.
- BID-18997: MyBB Client-IP SQL Injection Vulnerability
- CVE-2006-3775: SQL injection vulnerability in the init function in class_session.php in MyBB (aka MyBulletinBoard) 1.1.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the CLIENT-IP HTTP header ($_SERVER['HTTP_CLIENT_IP'] variable), as utilized by index.php.
- SA21070: MyBB "CLIENT-IP" SQL Injection Vulnerability
- VUPEN/ADV-2006-2811: MyBulletinBoard (MyBB) CLIENT_IP Variable Handling Remote SQL Injection Vulnerability
Reported:
Jul 15, 2006
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