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Mambo "Submit WebLink" SQL Injection Vulnerabilities
Secunia Advisory: SA20745
Release Date: 2006-06-19
Last Update: 2006-06-30
Popularity: 12,302 views

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

Software:Mambo 4.x

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CVE reference:CVE-2006-3262
CVE-2006-3263


Description:
Two vulnerabilities have been discovered in Mambo, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct SQL injection attacks.

Input passed to the "Name" field and the "catid" parameter when submitting a web link 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 vulnerabilities have been confirmed in version 4.5.3h and has also been reported in versions 4.6rc1 and 4.5.2.3. Other versions may also be affected.

Solution:
Apply patch.
http://mamboxchange.com/frs/?group_id=5

Provided and/or discovered by:
rgod

Additional information provided by the vendor.

Changelog:
2006-06-21: Updated "Description" and "Solution" sections.
2006-06-30: Added CVE reference.
2006-06-30: Added additional information provided by the vendor and added CVE reference.

Original Advisory:
http://retrogod.altervista.org/mambo_46rc1_sql.html
http://www.mamboserver.com/?option=com_content&task=view&id=207


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