Notes Module for PHPBB SQL Injection Vulnerability

BID:13417

Info

Notes Module for PHPBB SQL Injection Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 13417
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE: CVE-2005-1378
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Apr 28 2005 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 12 2009 02:06PM
Credit: James Bercegay of the GulfTech Security Research Team is credited with the discovery of this vulnerability.
Vulnerable: OXPUS.de Notes mod
Not Vulnerable: OXPUS.de Notes mod 1.4.7

Discussion

Notes Module for PHPBB SQL Injection Vulnerability

The notes module for phpBB is prone to an SQL injection vulnerability. This issue is due to a failure in the application to properly sanitize user-supplied input before using it in an SQL query.

Successful exploitation could result in a compromise of the application, disclosure or modification of data, or may permit an attacker to exploit vulnerabilities in the underlying database implementation.

Exploit / POC

Notes Module for PHPBB SQL Injection Vulnerability

No exploit is required.

The following proof of concept URI is available:
http://www.example.com/posting_notes.php?mode=editpost&p=-99%20UNION%20SELECT%200,0,username,0,0,0,0,0,0%20FROM%20orionphpbb_users%20WHERE%20user_id=2/*

Solution / Fix

Notes Module for PHPBB SQL Injection Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor has addressed this issue in version 1.4.7 and later:

References

Notes Module for PHPBB SQL Injection Vulnerability

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