Achievo Class.employee.inc SQL Injection Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	18171
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	May 30 2006 12:00AM
Updated:	May 31 2006 05:32PM
Credit:	Christian Nancy is credited with the discovery of this vulnerability.
Vulnerable:	Achievo Achievo 1.1 Achievo Achievo 1.2
Not Vulnerable:	Achievo Achievo 1.2.1

Achievo Class.employee.inc SQL Injection Vulnerability

Achievo 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.

A successful exploit could allow an attacker to compromise the application, access or modify data, or exploit vulnerabilities in the underlying database implementation.

To successfully exploit this vulnerability, an attacker must have access to the 'Employee Administration' page.

Versions 1.1.0 and 1.2 are vulnerable; other versions may also be affected.

Achievo Class.employee.inc SQL Injection Vulnerability

This issue can be exploited through a web client.

Achievo Class.employee.inc SQL Injection Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor has released version 1.2.1 to address this issue.


Achievo Achievo 1.2

• Achievo achievo-stable-1.2.1.tar.gz
  http://www.achievo.org/files/achievo-stable-1.2.1.tar.gz

Achievo Achievo 1.1

• Achievo achievo-stable-1.2.1.tar.gz
  http://www.achievo.org/files/achievo-stable-1.2.1.tar.gz

Achievo Class.employee.inc SQL Injection Vulnerability

References:

• Achievo Release Notes 1.2.1 (Achievo)
  
• Achievo Web Site (Achievo)