PHP Address Book 'group_name' Parameter SQL Injection Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	45606
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Dec 29 2010 12:00AM
Updated:	Dec 29 2010 12:00AM
Credit:	hiphop
Vulnerable:	PHP Address Book PHP Address Book 6.2.4
Not Vulnerable:

PHP Address Book 'group_name' Parameter SQL Injection Vulnerability

PHP Address Book 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.

PHP Address Book 6.2.4 is vulnerable; other versions may also be affected.

PHP Address Book 'group_name' Parameter SQL Injection Vulnerability

Attackers can use a browser to exploit this issue.

The following example URI is available:

http://www.example.com/group.php?group_name=1'+union+select+1,2,3,4,5,6,7,concat(database(),0x3a,user()),9'

PHP Address Book 'group_name' 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].

PHP Address Book 'group_name' Parameter SQL Injection Vulnerability

References:

• PHP Address Book Homepage (PHP Address Book)