xNews xnews.php and class.news.php SQL injection
| xnews-xnews-sql-injection (31855) |  Medium 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.
*CVSS:
| Base Score: | 7 |
| Access Vector: | Remote |
| Access Complexity: | Low |
| Authentication: | Not Required |
| Confidentiality Impact: | Partial |
| Integrity Impact: | Partial |
| Availability Impact: | Partial |
| Temporal Score: | 6.7 |
| Exploitability: | High |
| Remediation Level: | Unavailable |
| Report Confidence: | Uncorroborated |
Consequences:
Data Manipulation
Remedy:
No remedy available as of February 6, 2010.
References:
- x-dev Web site: x-dev :: next generation internet :: index.
- 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
Platforms Affected:
- x-dev xNews 1.3
Reported:
Jan 28, 2007
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