PHP-Nuke Sections Module 'artid' Parameter SQL Injection Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	27958
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:	CVE-2008-6728
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Feb 23 2008 12:00AM
Updated:	Apr 28 2009 07:46PM
Credit:	S@BUN is credited with the discovery of this vulnerability.
Vulnerable:	PHP-Nuke Sections 0
Not Vulnerable:

PHP-Nuke Sections Module 'artid' Parameter SQL Injection Vulnerability

The Sections module for PHP-Nuke is prone to an SQL-injection vulnerability because it fails to sufficiently sanitize user-supplied data before using it in an SQL query.

Exploiting this issue could allow an attacker to compromise the application, access or modify data, or exploit latent vulnerabilities in the underlying database.

PHP-Nuke Sections Module 'artid' Parameter SQL Injection Vulnerability

Attackers can use a browser to exploit this issue.

The following example URI and exploit code are available:

http://www.example.com/index.php?option=com_hello_world&Itemid=27&task=show&type=intro&id=-9999999/**/union/**/select/**/0x3a,username,password,0x3a/**/from/**/mos_users/*

• /data/vulnerabilities/exploits/27958.php

PHP-Nuke Sections Module 'artid' Parameter 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: [email protected].

PHP-Nuke Sections Module 'artid' Parameter SQL Injection Vulnerability

References:

• PHP-Nuke Homepage (PHP-Nuke)
  
• php nuke Sections SQL Injection(print) ([email protected])
  
• php-nuke 8.0 module sections artid blind sql inj vuln. ([email protected] )
  
• Re: php-nuke 8.0 module sections artid blind sql inj vuln. (John Haywood )