Powie pNews 2.08/2.10 index.php shownews sql injection

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A vulnerability was found in Powie pNews 2.08/2.10. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code of the file index.php. The manipulation of the argument shownews with an unknown input leads to a sql injection vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-89. The product constructs all or part of an SQL command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended SQL command when it is sent to a downstream component. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

SQL injection vulnerability in index.php in Powie pNews 2.08 and 2.10, when magic_quotes_gpc is disabled, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the shownews parameter.

The weakness was shared 06/12/2008 by Cr@zy_King (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at milw0rm.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2008-2673 since 06/11/2008. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details and also a public exploit are known. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1505 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

It is possible to download the exploit at exploit-db.com. It is declared as highly functional. 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.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (42951), Exploit-DB (5768), SecurityFocus (BID 29617†) and Secunia (SA30577†).

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Class: Sql injection
CWE: CWE-89 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Access: Public
Status: Highly functional
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: milw0rm.com⛔
Researcher: Cr@zy_King
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2008-2673 (🔍)
X-Force: 42951 - pNews shownews parameter SQL injection
SecurityFocus: 29617 - pNews 'index.php' SQL Injection Vulnerability
Secunia: 30577

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

Entryinfo

Created: 03/16/2015 05:00 PM
Updated: 10/27/2024 11:06 PM
Changes: 03/16/2015 05:00 PM (49), 09/26/2018 08:41 AM (11), 10/27/2024 11:06 PM (17)
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