SecurityReason - PHP-Fusion Two SQL Injection Vulnerabilities

Advisory Text :

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Secunia Research 06/10/2005

- PHP-Fusion Two SQL Injection Vulnerabilities -

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Table of Contents

Affected Software....................................................1
Severity.............................................................2
Vendor's Description of Software.....................................3
Description of Vulnerabilities.......................................4
Solution.............................................................5
Time Table...........................................................6
Credits..............................................................7
About Secunia........................................................8
Verification.........................................................9

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1) Affected Software

PHP-Fusion 6.00.109

Other versions may also be affected.

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2) Severity

Rating: Moderately critical
Impact: Manipulation of data
Where: Remote

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3) Vendor's Description of Software

A light-weight open-source content management system (CMS) written
in PHP.

Product link:
http://www.php-fusion.co.uk/

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4) Description of Vulnerabilities

Secunia Research has discovered two vulnerabilities in PHP-Fusion,
which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct SQL injection
attacks.

Input passed to the "activate" parameter in "register.php" and the
"cat_id" parameter in "faq.php" isn't properly sanitised before being
used in a SQL query. This can be exploited to manipulate SQL queries
by injecting arbitrary SQL code.

Successful exploitation requires that "magic_quotes_gpc" is disabled.

The vulnerabilities have been confirmed in version 6.00.109. Other
versions may also be affected.

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5) Solution

Update to version 6.00.110.
http://www.php-fusion.co.uk/downloads.php?cat_id=3

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6) Time Table

04/10/2005 - Vulnerabilities discovered.
05/10/2005 - Vendor notified.
05/10/2005 - Vendor confirms vulnerabilities.
06/10/2005 - Public disclosure.

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7) Credits

Discovered by Andreas Sandblad, Secunia Research.

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8) About Secunia

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9) Verification

Please verify this advisory by visiting the Secunia website:
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2005-52/advisory/

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