Vivvo Article Management CMS SQL Injection and File Inclusion
Secunia Advisory: SA21855
Release Date: 2006-09-11
Last Update: 2006-09-13
Popularity: 6,900 views

Critical:
Highly critical
Impact: Manipulation of data
System access
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

Software:Vivvo Article Management CMS 3.x

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CVE reference:CVE-2006-4715
CVE-2006-4714


Description:
MercilessTurk has reported some vulnerabilities in Vivvo Article Management CMS, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct SQL injection attacks and to compromise a vulnerable system.

1) Input passed to the "id" parameter in pdf_version.php is not properly sanitised before being used in a SQL query. This can be exploited to manipulate SQL queries by injecting arbitrary SQL code.

2)Input passed to the "classified_path" parameter is not properly verified before being used to include files. This can be exploited to execute arbitrary PHP code by including files from local or external resources.

Example:
http://[host]/index.php?classfied_path=[file]

The vulnerabilities have been reported in version 3.2 and 3.25. Other versions may also be affected.

Solution:
Apply patch:
http://www.vivvo.net/forums/showthread.php?t=310

Provided and/or discovered by:
MercilessTurk

Changelog:
2006-09-12: Updated "Description" section. Added affected version 3.25. Updated "Solution" section.
2006-09-13: Added CVE references.

Original Advisory:
1) http://milw0rm.com/exploits/2337
2) http://milw0rm.com/exploits/2339


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