MiniTwitter Security Bypass and SQL Injection Vulnerabilities

BID:34795

Info

MiniTwitter Security Bypass and SQL Injection Vulnerabilities

Bugtraq ID: 34795
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: May 01 2009 12:00AM
Updated: May 01 2009 06:26PM
Credit: YEnH4ckEr
Vulnerable: BioScripts MiniTwitter 0.2 Beta
Not Vulnerable: BioScripts MiniTwitter 0.3

Discussion

MiniTwitter Security Bypass and SQL Injection Vulnerabilities

MiniTwitter is prone to a security-bypass vulnerability and an SQL-injection issue.

Exploiting the security-bypass issue may allow an attacker to bypass certain security restrictions and perform unauthorized actions. The attacker can exploit the SQL-injection issue by manipulating the SQL query logic to carry out unauthorized actions on the underlying database. This may compromise the application and may aid in further attacks.

MiniTwitter 0.2 Beta is vulnerable; other versions may also be affected.

Exploit / POC

MiniTwitter Security Bypass and SQL Injection Vulnerabilities

Attackers can exploit the issues via a browser.

The following example URI is available:

http://www.example.com/index.php?user=2%27+UNION+ALL+SELECT+2,concat(nick,0x3A3A3A,password)+FROM+mt_users+WHERE+id_usr=1/*

The following exploit code is available:

Solution / Fix

MiniTwitter Security Bypass and SQL Injection Vulnerabilities

Solution:
Reports indicate that MiniTwitter 0.3 addresses these issues. Symantec has not confirmed this. Please see the references for more information.

References

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