VDB-27102 · CVE-2005-3829 · SA17732

ActiveCampaign KnowledgeBuilder 2.4 index.php category denial of service

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in ActiveCampaign KnowledgeBuilder 2.4 (Knowledge Base Software). Affected is an unknown code block of the file index.php. The manipulation of the argument category with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. This is going to have an impact on availability. CVE summarizes:

index.php in ActiveCampaign KnowledgeBuilder 2.4 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via an invalid category parameter, which causes a large number of SQL queries to be processed.

The weakness was disclosed 11/24/2005 by r0t (Website). The advisory is available at vupen.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2005-3829 since 11/26/2005. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. By approaching the search of inurl:index.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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07/13/2018 +1220 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: vupen.com
Researcher: r0t
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2005-3829 (🔍)
Secunia: 17732 - ActiveCampaign KnowledgeBuilder SQL Injection and Denial of Service, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 21098 - ActiveCampaign KnowledgeBuilder index.php category Variable DoS
Vupen: ADV-2005-2587

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Created: 03/11/2015 23:39
Updated: 07/13/2018 08:27
Changes: 03/11/2015 23:39 (50), 07/13/2018 08:27 (8)
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