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Advanced Poll "User-Agent" SQL Injection Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA19899
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Release Date:
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2006-05-02
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Last Update:
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2006-05-03
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Popularity:
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5,415 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: | Chi Kien Uong Advanced Poll 2.x
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2006-2130
CVE-2006-2131
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Description:
Aliaksandr Hartsuyeu has reported a vulnerability in Advanced Poll, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct SQL injection attacks.
Input passed to the "User-Agent" HTTP header when inserting a poll log isn't properly sanitised before being used in a SQL query. This can be exploited to manipulate SQL queries by injecting arbitrary SQL code.
The vulnerability has been reported in version 2.0.4. Prior versions may also be affected.
Note: It has also been reported that it is possible bypass the voting IP address restriction by manipulating the IP address in the "X-Forwarded-For" HTTP header.
Solution:
Edit the source code to ensure that input is properly sanitised.
Provided and/or discovered by:
Aliaksandr Hartsuyeu
Changelog:
2006-05-03: Added CVE references.
Original Advisory:
http://evuln.com/vulns/131/
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