AnServ Auction XL 'viewfaqs.php' SQL Injection Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	29053
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:	CVE-2008-2189
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	May 05 2008 12:00AM
Updated:	May 07 2015 05:29PM
Credit:	M.Hasran Addahroni
Vulnerable:	AnServ Auction XL 0
Not Vulnerable:

AnServ Auction XL 'viewfaqs.php' SQL Injection Vulnerability

AnServ Auction XL 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.

AnServ Auction XL 'viewfaqs.php' SQL Injection Vulnerability

Attackers can use a browser to exploit this issue.

The following example URI is available:

http://www.example.com/viewfaqs.php?cat=-1%20union%20select%20concat(id,0x3a,username,0x3a,password)%20from PHPAUCTIONXL_adminusers--

AnServ Auction XL 'viewfaqs.php' SQL Injection Vulnerability

Solution:
Patches are available for registered users. Please contact the vendor for information on obtaining and installing the updates.

AnServ Auction XL 'viewfaqs.php' SQL Injection Vulnerability

References:

• Vendor Homepage (AnServ)
  
• [ECHO_ADV_92$2008] Anserv Auction XL (viewfaqs.php cat) Blind Sql Injection Vuln ([email protected])