Info

Disclosure

Nov 04, 2005

Discovery

Nov 01, 2005

Dates

Exploit

Nov 04, 2005

Solution

Unknown

Description

Phorum contains a flaw that may allow a remote attacker to carry out an SQL injection attack. The issue is due to the 'search.php' script not properly sanitizing user-supplied input to the 'forum_ids' variable. This may allow a remote attacker to inject or manipulate SQL queries in the back-end database.

Classification

Location: Remote / Network Access
Attack Type: Information Disclosure, Input Manipulation
Impact: Loss of Confidentiality, Loss of Integrity
Exploit: Exploit Public
Disclosure: OSVDB Verified
OSVDB: Web Related

Solution

Upgrade to version 5.0.21 or higher, as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. An upgrade is required as there are no known workarounds.

Products

Brian Moon

Phorum

5.0.20

References

Secunia Advisory ID: 17456
CVE ID: 2005-3543 (see also: NVD)
VUPEN Advisory: ADV-2005-2332
Mail List Post: http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2005-11/0063.html
Vendor URL: http://phorum.org/
Other Advisory URL: http://www.waraxe.us/advisory-43.html
Keyword: waraxe-2005-SA#043

Credit

Janek Vind "waraxe" - come2waraxeyahoo.com - Personal Page

Direct URL: http://osvdb.org/20524