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Hosting Controller "search" Forum SQL Injection
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA19191
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Release Date:
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2006-03-10
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Last Update:
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2006-03-16
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Popularity:
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7,049 views
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Critical:
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Moderately 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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Unpatched
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| Software: | Hosting Controller 6.x
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2006-1229
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Description:
"nope" has discovered a vulnerability in Hosting Controller, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct SQL injection attacks.
Input passed to the "search" parameter in search.asp when searching for an exact phrase in the forum is not properly sanitised before being used in a SQL query. This can be exploited to manipulate SQL queries by injecting arbitrary SQL code.
Successful exploitation requires that a forum has been setup.
The vulnerability has been confirmed in version 6.1 (Hotfix 2.9). Other versions may also be affected.
Solution:
Edit the source code to ensure that input is properly sanitised.
Provided and/or discovered by:
"nope"
Changelog:
2006-03-16: Added CVE reference.
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