BBPress BB-Edit.PHP SQL Injection Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	24488
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:	CVE-2007-3244
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Jun 15 2007 12:00AM
Updated:	Jun 15 2007 12:00AM
Credit:	chrishajer discovered this vulnerability.
Vulnerable:	BBPress BBPress 0.8
Not Vulnerable:	BBPress BBPress 0.8.1

BBPress BB-Edit.PHP SQL Injection Vulnerability

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

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

This issue affects bbPress 0.8; prior versions may also be vulnerable.

BBPress BB-Edit.PHP SQL Injection Vulnerability

Attackers can use a browser to exploit this issue.

BBPress BB-Edit.PHP SQL Injection Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor has released version 0.8.1 to address this issue; please see the reference section for details.


BBPress BBPress 0.8

• BBPress latest.tar.gz
  http://bbpress.org/latest.tar.gz

BBPress BB-Edit.PHP SQL Injection Vulnerability

References:

• bbPress ticket #592 (closed defect: fixed) (bbPress)
  
• BBPress Web Site (BBPress)