Andy's PHP Knowledgebase 's' Parameter SQL Injection Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	47097
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:	CVE-2011-1546
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Mar 30 2011 12:00AM
Updated:	Mar 30 2011 12:00AM
Credit:	Mark Stanislav
Vulnerable:	aphpkb aphpkb 0.95.2
Not Vulnerable:	aphpkb aphpkb 0.95.3

Andy's PHP Knowledgebase 's' Parameter SQL Injection Vulnerability

Andy's PHP Knowledgebase 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.

Andy's PHP Knowledgebase 0.95.2 is vulnerable; other versions may also be affected.

Andy's PHP Knowledgebase 's' Parameter SQL Injection Vulnerability

Attackers can use a browser to exploit this issue.

The following example URI is available:

http://www.example.com/aphpkb/a_viewusers.php?s=1%20UNION%20SELECT%20load_file(0x2f6574632f706173737764),null,null,null,null,null,null%20limit%200

Andy's PHP Knowledgebase 's' Parameter SQL Injection Vulnerability

Solution:
Updates are available. Please contact the vendor for more information.

Andy's PHP Knowledgebase 's' Parameter SQL Injection Vulnerability

References:

• Andy's PHP Knowledgebase Homepage (aphpkb)