DGNews News.PHP SQL Injection Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	24201
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:	CVE-2007-0693
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	May 28 2007 12:00AM
Updated:	May 30 2007 12:03AM
Credit:	Jesper Jurcenoks is credited with the discovery of this vulnerability.
Vulnerable:	Dian Gemilang DGNews 1.5.1 Dian Gemilang DGNews 2.1
Not Vulnerable:

DGNews News.PHP SQL Injection Vulnerability

DGNews is prone to an SQL-injection vulnerability because the application fails to properly sanitize user-supplied input before using it in an SQL query.

Successful exploits could allow an attacker to compromise the application, access or modify data, or exploit vulnerabilities in the underlying database.

DGNews 2.1 is reported vulnerable; other versions may also be affected.

DGNews News.PHP SQL Injection Vulnerability

Attackers can use a browser to exploit this issue.

The following proof-of-concept URI is available:

http://www.example.com/news.php?go=newslist&catid=' UNION SELECT 1,`site_title` FROM `news_config` WHERE '1

DGNews News.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 if you are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: mailto:[email protected].

DGNews News.PHP SQL Injection Vulnerability

References:

• Dian Gemilang Home Page (Dian Gemilang )
  
• netVigilance Security Advisory #22: DGNews version 2.1 SQL Injection Vulnerabili (Netvigilance)