Content Injector "cat" SQL Injection Vulnerability
Secunia Advisory: SA27792
Release Date: 2007-11-23
Last Update: 2007-12-05
Popularity: 5,405 views

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

Software:Content Injector 1.x

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CVE reference:CVE-2007-6137


Description:
S.W.A.T. has discovered a vulnerability in Content Injector, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct SQL injection attacks.

Input passed to the "cat" parameter in news.php is not properly sanitised before being used in SQL queries. This can be exploited to manipulate SQL queries by injecting arbitrary SQL code.

The vulnerability is confirmed in version 1.52. Prior versions may also be affected.

Solution:
Update to version 1.53.

Provided and/or discovered by:
S.W.A.T.

Changelog:
2007-12-03: Added CVE reference.
2007-12-05: Updated "Solution" section.

Original Advisory:
http://milw0rm.com/exploits/4645


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