Woltlab Burning Books Variable Overwrite Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	20563
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Oct 16 2006 12:00AM
Updated:	Oct 17 2006 10:24PM
Credit:	ShAnKaR is credited with the discovery of these vulnerabilities.
Vulnerable:	Woltlab Burning Book 1.1.2
Not Vulnerable:

Woltlab Burning Books Variable Overwrite Vulnerability

Woltlab Burning Books is prone to a variable-overwrite vulnerability because the application fails to sufficiently sanitize user-supplied input.

An attacker can exploit this issue to overwrite the configuration variables with arbitrary input. The attacker may then be able perform cross-site scripting, SQL-injection, and other attacks.

Version 1.1.2 is vulnerable to this issue; other versions may also be affected.

Woltlab Burning Books Variable Overwrite Vulnerability

Attackers can exploit this issue via a web client.

The following exploit code is available:

• /data/vulnerabilities/exploits/20563.pl

Woltlab Burning Books Variable Overwrite Vulnerability

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

Woltlab Burning Books Variable Overwrite Vulnerability

References:

• ShAnKaR: WoltLab Burning Book <=1.1.2 multiple vulnerabilities (ShAnKaR)
  
• Vendor Home Page (Woltlab)