Content Injector news.php SQL injection

contentinjector-news-sql-injection (38627) The risk level is classified as MediumMedium Risk

Description:

Content Injector is vulnerable to SQL injection. A remote attacker could send specially-crafted SQL statements to the news.php script using the cat parameter, which could allow the attacker to view, add, modify or delete information in the back-end database.

Platforms Affected:

  • p3mbo, Content Injector 1.52

Remedy:

Upgrade to the latest version of Content Injector (1.53 or later), available from the p3mbo.com Web site. See References.

Consequences:

Data Manipulation

References:

  • p3mbo.com Web site, Content Injector at http://www.p3mbo.com/index.php?pg=10002.
  • BID-26547: p3mbo Content Injector Index.PHP SQL Injection Vulnerability
  • CVE-2007-6137: SQL injection vulnerability in news.php in Content Injector 1.52 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the cat parameter to index.php. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
  • SA27792: Content Injector "cat" SQL Injection Vulnerability
  • VUPEN/ADV-2007-3994: Content Injector cat Parameter Remote SQL Injection Vulnerability

Reported:

Nov 22, 2007

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