DeluxeBB SQL Injection Vulnerabilities
Secunia Advisory: SA16819
Release Date: 2005-09-15
Last Update: 2005-09-23
Popularity: 5,681 views

Critical:
Moderately critical
Impact: Manipulation of data
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

Software:DeluxeBB 1.x

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CVE reference:CVE-2005-2989


Description:
abducter has discovered some vulnerabilities in DeluxeBB, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct SQL injection attacks.

Some input isn't properly sanitised before being used in a SQL query. This can be exploited to manipulate SQL queries by injecting arbitrary SQL code.

Examples:
http://[host]/topic.php?tid=[code]
http://[host]/misc.php?sub=profile&uid=[code]
http://[host]/forums.php?fid=[code]
http://[host]/pm.php?sub=newpm&uid=[code]
http://[host]/newpost.php?sub=newthread&fid=[code]
http://[host]/index.php?limit=[code]

Successful exploitation requires that "magic_quotes_gpc" is disabled.

The vulnerabilities have been confirmed in version 1.0. Version 1.05 is reportedly also affected.

Solution:
The vulnerabilities have been fixed in an updated 1.05 version:
http://www.deluxebb.com/download/deluxebb1_05.zip

Provided and/or discovered by:
abducter

Additional information provided by LINUX

Changelog:
2005-09-19: Updated "Description" and "Solution" section.
2005-09-23: Added CVE reference.


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