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Utopia News Pro SQL Injection Vulnerabilities
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA17988
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Release Date:
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2005-12-13
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Popularity:
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5,025 views
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Critical:
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Less critical
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Impact:
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Manipulation of data
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Where:
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From remote
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| Software: | Utopia News Pro 1.x
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Description:
Yichen Xie and Alex Aiken have discovered some vulnerabilities in Utopia News Pro, which can be exploited by malicious users 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.
Example:
* The "newsid" parameter in "editnews.php".
The vulnerabilities have been confirmed in version 1.1.4. Prior versions may also be affected.
Solution:
Update to version 1.1.5.
http://www.utopiasoftware.net/newspro/download.php
Provided and/or discovered by:
Yichen Xie and Alex Aiken, Stanford University
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