OpenBook Admin.PHP SQL Injection Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	14444
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Aug 01 2005 12:00AM
Updated:	Aug 01 2005 12:00AM
Credit:	[email protected] is credited with the discovery of this vulnerability.
Vulnerable:	OpenBook OpenBook 1.2.2
Not Vulnerable:

OpenBook Admin.PHP SQL Injection Vulnerability

OpenBook 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.

OpenBook Admin.PHP SQL Injection Vulnerability

No exploit is required.

A proof of concept follows:

User ID: admin
Password: no') or 1/*

OpenBook Admin.PHP SQL Injection Vulnerability

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]>.

OpenBook Admin.PHP SQL Injection Vulnerability

References:

• OpenBook Web Site (OpenBook)
  
• [SVadvisory] - SQL injection in OpenBook 1.2.2 ([email protected])