phpMyFAQ Username SQL Injection Vulnerability

BID:12741

Info

phpMyFAQ Username SQL Injection Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 12741
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Mar 07 2005 12:00AM
Updated: Mar 07 2005 12:00AM
Credit: Discovery of this vulnerability is credited to Sven Michels of sectoor GmbH.
Vulnerable: phpMyFAQ phpMyFAQ 1.5
phpMyFAQ phpMyFAQ 1.4 a
phpMyFAQ phpMyFAQ 1.4 -alpha 2
phpMyFAQ phpMyFAQ 1.4 -alpha 1
phpMyFAQ phpMyFAQ 1.4
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

phpMyFAQ Username SQL Injection Vulnerability

phpMyFAQ is affected by an SQL injection vulnerability. This issue is due to the application failing to properly sanitize user-supplied input to the 'username' field of forum entries before using it in a SQL query.

This vulnerability could permit remote attackers to pass malicious input to database queries, resulting in modification of query logic or other attacks.

phpMyFAQ versions 1.4 and 1.5 are reported prone to this vulnerability.

Exploit / POC

phpMyFAQ Username SQL Injection Vulnerability

No exploit is required.

Solution / Fix

phpMyFAQ Username SQL Injection Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor has released an update to address this vulnerability.


phpMyFAQ phpMyFAQ 1.4 a

phpMyFAQ phpMyFAQ 1.4 -alpha 2

phpMyFAQ phpMyFAQ 1.4

phpMyFAQ phpMyFAQ 1.4 -alpha 1

phpMyFAQ phpMyFAQ 1.5

References

phpMyFAQ Username SQL Injection Vulnerability

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