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[SA27792] Content Injector "cat" SQL Injection Vulnerability

From: Secunia Security Advisories (sec-advsecunia.com)
Date: Sun Nov 25 2007 - 16:17:04 CST


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TITLE:
Content Injector "cat" SQL Injection Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA27792

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/27792/

CRITICAL:
Moderately critical

IMPACT:
Manipulation of data

WHERE:
From remote

SOFTWARE:
Content Injector 1.x
http://secunia.com/product/16643/

DESCRIPTION:
S.W.A.T. has discovered a vulnerability in Content Injector, which
can be exploited by malicious people to conduct SQL injection
attacks.

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

The vulnerability is confirmed in version 1.52. Other versions may
also be affected.

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

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
S.W.A.T.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://milw0rm.com/exploits/4645

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