PostNuke admin section SQL injection
| postnuke-admin-sql-injection (29271) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
PostNuke is vulnerable to SQL injection. A remote attacker could send specially-crafted SQL statements to the admin section using the hits parameter, which could allow the attacker to view, add, modify or delete information in the back-end database.
Platforms Affected:
- PostNuke, PostNuke 0.762
Remedy:
Upgrade to the latest version of PostNuke (0.800 Milestone 2), available from the PostNuke Web site. See References.
Consequences:
Data Manipulation
References:
- BugTraq Mailing List, Fri Sep 29 2006 - 01:13:36 CDT , Sql injection in PostNuke [Admin section] at http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2006-09/0497.html.
- PostNuke Web site, PostNuke - NOC: Welcome at http://noc.postnuke.com.
- BID-20317: PostNuke Admin.PHP SQL Injection Vulnerability
- CVE-2006-5121: SQL injection vulnerability in modules/Downloads/admin.php in the Admin section of PostNuke 0.762 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the hits parameter.
- SA22197: PostNuke "hits" SQL Injection Vulnerability
- VUPEN/ADV-2006-3886: PostNuke hits Parameter Handling Remote SQL Query Injection Vulnerability
Reported:
Sep 29, 2006
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