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[SA15911] PHPNews "prevnext" SQL Injection Vulnerability

From: Secunia Security Advisories (sec-advsecunia.com)
Date: Mon Jul 04 2005 - 09:07:44 CDT


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TITLE:
 PHPNews "prevnext" SQL Injection Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA15911

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/15911/

CRITICAL:
Moderately critical

IMPACT:
Manipulation of data

WHERE:
From remote

SOFTWARE:
PHPNews 1.x
http://secunia.com/product/4313/

DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in PHPNews, which can be exploited
by malicious people to conduct SQL injection attacks.

Input passed to the "prevnext" parameter in "news.php" isn't properly
sanitised before being used in a SQL query. This can be exploited to
manipulate SQL queries by injecting arbitrary SQL code.

The vulnerability has been reported in version 1.2.5. Prior versions
may also be affected.

SOLUTION:
Update to version 1.2.6.
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=66322

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Reported by vendor.

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