Plesk PLESKSESSID SQL injection

plesk-plesksessid-sql-injection (36580) The risk level is classified as MediumMedium Risk

Description:

Plesk is vulnerable to SQL injection. A remote attacker could send specially-crafted SQL statements to the login.php3 or auth.php3 script using the PLESKSESSID parameter, which could allow the attacker to view, add, modify or delete information in the back-end database.

Platforms Affected:

  • SWsoft, Plesk 7.6.1
  • SWsoft, Plesk 8.1.0
  • SWsoft, Plesk 8.1.1
  • SWsoft, Plesk 8.2.0

Remedy:

Refer to swsoft Article ID: 2159 for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.

Consequences:

Data Manipulation

References:

  • BugTraq Mailing List, Tue Sep 11 2007 - 18:45:07 CDT, RE: ScanAlert Security Advisory (SWsoft Plesk for Windows - SQL Injection Vulnerability) at http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2007-09/0114.html.
  • Plesk Web site, Plesk - Control Panel Software for Hosting at http://www.swsoft.com/plesk/.
  • swsoft Article ID: 2159, [FIX] SQL Injection vulnerability at http://kb.swsoft.com/en/2159.
  • BID-25646: SWsoft Plesk PLESKSESSID Parameter Multiple SQL Injection Vulnerabilities
  • CVE-2007-4892: Multiple SQL injection vulnerabilities in SWSoft Plesk 7.6.1, 8.1.0, 8.1.1, and 8.2.0 for Windows allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via a PLESKSESSID cookie to (1) login.php3 or (2) auth.php3.
  • OSVDB ID: 37009: Plesk auth.php3 PLESKSESSID Cookie SQL Injection
  • SA26741: Plesk "PLESKSESSID" SQL Injection Vulnerability

Reported:

Sep 11, 2007

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