NPDS Revolution 'download.php' SQL Injection Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	40156
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	May 13 2010 12:00AM
Updated:	May 13 2010 12:00AM
Credit:	High-Tech Bridge SA
Vulnerable:	NPDS NPDS Revolution 10.02
Not Vulnerable:

NPDS Revolution 'download.php' SQL Injection Vulnerability

NPDS Revolution 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.

NPDS Revolution 10.02 is vulnerable; other versions may also be affected.

NPDS Revolution 'download.php' SQL Injection Vulnerability

Attackers can use a browser to exploit this issue.

The following example URI is available:

http://www.example.com/download.php?dcategory=All&sortby=%28select%20did%20from%20authors+where+aid=char%2897,100,109,105,110%29+and+substr%28pwd,1,1%29=char%2848%29%29+DESC--

NPDS Revolution 'download.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].

NPDS Revolution 'download.php' SQL Injection Vulnerability

References:

• NPDS Homepage (NPDS)
  
• Blind SQL injection vulnerability in NPDS REvolution ([email protected])