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Invision Power Board "from_contact" SQL Injection Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA19861
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Release Date:
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2006-04-28
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Last Update:
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2006-05-03
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Popularity:
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9,075 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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Vendor Patch
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| Software: | Invision Power Board 2.x
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2006-2097
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Description:
satanchild123 has reported a vulnerability in Invision Power Board, which can be exploited by malicious users to conduct SQL injection attacks.
Input passed to the "from_contact" cookie parameter when posting a message to another user 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 a valid user account.
The vulnerability has been reported in versions 2.0 through 2.1.5.
Solution:
Apply patches.
http://forums.invisionpower.com/index.php?showtopic=213374
Provided and/or discovered by:
satanchild123
Changelog:
2006-05-03: Added CVE reference. Updated "Description" and "Solution" sections.
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