Description: R00T[ATI] has discovered a vulnerability in ClanSphere, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct SQL injection attacks.
Input passed to the "cat_id" parameter in index.php is not properly sanitised before being used in SQL queries. This can be exploited to manipulate SQL queries by injecting arbitrary SQL code.
Successful exploitation allows e.g. retrieving administrator usernames and password hashes, but requires knowledge of the database table prefix.
The vulnerability is confirmed in version 2007.4. Other versions may also be affected.
Solution: Update to version 2007.4.2.
Provided and/or discovered by: R00T[ATI]
Changelog: 2007-09-26: Added CVE reference.
2007-10-03: Updated "Solution" section.
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