SocialEngine cookie SQL injection
| socialengine-cookie-sql-injection (43958) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
SocialEngine is vulnerable to SQL injection. A remote attacker could send specially-crafted SQL statements to the class_user.php or class_admin.php script using the se_user or se_admin cookie, which could allow the attacker to view, add, modify or delete information in the back-end database.
Platforms Affected:
- Webligo Developments, SocialEngine 1.0
- Webligo Developments, SocialEngine 1.1
- Webligo Developments, SocialEngine 1.4
- Webligo Developments, SocialEngine 1.6
- Webligo Developments, SocialEngine 1.7
- Webligo Developments, SocialEngine 1.8
- Webligo Developments, SocialEngine 2.0
- Webligo Developments, SocialEngine 2.0 Beta Online
- Webligo Developments, SocialEngine 2.1
- Webligo Developments, SocialEngine 2.4 SE
- Webligo Developments, SocialEngine 2.5
- Webligo Developments, SocialEngine 2.7
- Webligo Developments, SocialEngine 2.81
Remedy:
Upgrade to the latest version of SocialEngine (2.83 or later), available from the SocialEngine Web site. See References.
Consequences:
Data Manipulation
References:
- BugTraq Mailing List, Tue Jul 22 2008 - 05:20:56 CDT, Vulnerability: SocialEngine (SocialEngine.net) high risk security flaw at http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2008-07/0194.html.
- SocialEngine Web site, Important Security Patch Released - SE 2.83 at http://www.socialengine.net/news.php.
- BID-30342: SocialEngine Multiple SQL Injection Vulnerabilities
- CVE-2008-3297: Multiple SQL injection vulnerabilities in SocialEngine (SE) before 2.83 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via (1) an se_user cookie to include/class_user.php or (2) an se_admin cookie to include/class_admin.php.
- SA31203: SocialEngine SQL Injection and Code Execution
Reported:
Jul 09, 2008
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