xNews xnews.php and class.news.php SQL injection

xnews-xnews-sql-injection (31855) The risk level is classified as MediumMedium Risk

Description:

xNews is vulnerable to SQL injection. A remote attacker could send specially-crafted SQL statements to the xnews.php script using the id parameter or to the class.news.php script using the id, from, or q parameter, which could allow the attacker to obtain admin access and view, add, modify or delete information in the back-end database.

Platforms Affected:

  • x-dev, xNews 1.3

Remedy:

No remedy available as of July 4, 2009.

Consequences:

Data Manipulation

References:

  • x-dev Web site, x-dev :: next generation internet :: index at http://www.x-dev.de/x/dev?setlang=en&xid=bc2bdafaf6d5ad5a889736aec8fe3aa4.
  • BID-22284: X-DEV xNews xNews.php SQL Injection Vulnerability
  • CVE-2007-0569: SQL injection vulnerability in xNews.php in xNews 1.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the id parameter in a shownews action.
  • CVE-2007-0630: Multiple SQL injection vulnerabilities in the generate_csv function in classes/class.news.php in X-dev xNews 1.3 and earlier allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the (1) id, (2) from, and (3) q parameters, different vectors than CVE-2007-0569. NOTE: The provenance of this information is unknown; the details are obtained solely from third party information.
  • SA23954: xNews "id" SQL Injection Vulnerability
  • VUPEN/ADV-2007-0395: X-dev xNews generate_csv() Multiple Parameter Handling SQL Injection Vulnerabilities

Reported:

Jan 28, 2007

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