Info

Disclosure

Aug 25, 2006

Discovery

Unknown

Dates

Exploit

Aug 25, 2006

Solution

Unknown

Description

Xoops contains a flaw that may allow an attacker to carry out an SQL injection attack. The issue is due to the 'edituser.php' script not properly sanitizing user-supplied input to the 'user_avatar' variable. This may allow an 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, Vendor Verified
OSVDB: Web Related

Solution

Upgrade to version 2.0.15 or higher, as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. An upgrade is required as there are no known workarounds.

Products

Xoops

2.0.14

References

Bugtraq ID: 19720
CVE ID: 2006-4417 (see also: NVD)
Secunia Advisory ID: 21643
ISS X-Force ID: 28586
Mail List Post: http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2006-08/0494.html
Vendor Specific News/Changelog Entry: http://devteam.xoops.org/releases/changelog-2.0.15.html
Other Advisory URL: http://www.hackers.ir/advisories/xoops.html
Vendor URL: http://www.xoops.org/

Credit

omid - omidhackers.ir - www.hackers.ir

Direct URL: http://osvdb.org/28265