PHP Visit Counter 'read.php' SQL Injection Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	29454
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	May 31 2008 12:00AM
Updated:	May 31 2008 12:00AM
Credit:	Lidloses_Auge
Vulnerable:	Hessel Brouwer PHP Visit Counter 0.4
Not Vulnerable:

PHP Visit Counter 'read.php' SQL Injection Vulnerability

PHP Visit Counter 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.

PHP Visit Counter 0.4 and prior versions are vulnerable.

PHP Visit Counter 'read.php' SQL Injection Vulnerability

Attackers can use a browser to exploit this issue.

The following example URI is available:

http://www.example.com/read.php?action=read&cat=portal&datespan=null+group+by+null+union+select+1,2,ascii(substring(version(),1,1))/*

PHP Visit Counter 'read.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].

PHP Visit Counter 'read.php' SQL Injection Vulnerability

References:

• PHP Visit Counter Homepage (Hessel Brouwer)