D.E. Classifieds 'showCat.php' SQL Injection Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	28396
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Mar 21 2008 12:00AM
Updated:	Mar 25 2008 04:00PM
Credit:	S@BUN
Vulnerable:	Creative Software D.E. Software 0
Not Vulnerable:

D.E. Classifieds 'showCat.php' SQL Injection Vulnerability

D.E. Classifieds 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.

D.E. Classifieds 'showCat.php' SQL Injection Vulnerability

Attackers can use a browser to exploit this issue.

The following example URI is available:

http://www.example.com/modules/sections/index.php?showCat.php?cat_id=-99999/**/union/**/select/**/0,concat(user_name,0x3a,password),2/**/from/**/std_users/

D.E. Classifieds 'showCat.php' SQL Injection Vulnerability

Solution:
Currently we are not aware of any vendor-supplied patches. If you feel we are in error or if you are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected].

D.E. Classifieds 'showCat.php' SQL Injection Vulnerability

References:

• D.E. Classifieds Homepage (Creative Software)