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[SA24640] Active Newsletter "NewsPaperID" SQL Injection

From: Secunia Security Advisories (sec-advsecunia.com)
Date: Mon Mar 26 2007 - 04:32:05 CDT


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TITLE:
Active Newsletter "NewsPaperID" SQL Injection

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA24640

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/24640/

CRITICAL:
Moderately critical

IMPACT:
Manipulation of data, Exposure of sensitive information

WHERE:
From remote

SOFTWARE:
Active Newsletter 4.x
http://secunia.com/product/13770/

DESCRIPTION:
ajann has reported a vulnerability in Active Newsletter, which can be
exploited by malicious people to conduct SQL injection attacks.

Input passed to the "NewsPaperID" parameter in ViewNewspapers.asp is
not properly sanitised before being used in SQL queries. This can be
exploited to manipulate SQL queries by injecting arbitrary SQL code.

Successful exploitation allows e.g. retrieving administrator
passwords.

The vulnerability is reported in version 4.3. Other versions may also
be affected.

SOLUTION:
Edit the source code to ensure that input is properly sanitised.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
ajann

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://milw0rm.com/exploits/3556

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