Advanced Links Management (ALM) read.php SQL injection

alm-read-sql-injection (42320) The risk level is classified as MediumMedium Risk

Description:

Advanced Links Management (ALM) is vulnerable to SQL injection. A remote attacker could send specially-crafted SQL statements to the read.php script using the catId parameter, which could allow the attacker to view, add, modify or delete information in the back-end database.

Platforms Affected:

  • Advanced Links Management, Advanced Links Management (ALM) 1.5.2

Remedy:

No remedy available as of November 22, 2008.

Consequences:

Data Manipulation

References:

  • Easy-Script Download Index, alm_v152.zip at http://www.easy-script.com/scripts-dl/.
  • BID-29137: Advanced Links Management 'read.php' SQL Injection Vulnerability
  • CVE-2008-2529: SQL injection vulnerability in read.php in Advanced Links Management (ALM) 1.5.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the catId parameter.

Reported:

May 10, 2008

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