China-on-site FlexPHPNews 0.0.6 UserCheck checkpass sql injection

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A vulnerability has been found in China-on-site FlexPHPNews 0.0.6 and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown functionality of the component UserCheck. The manipulation of the argument checkpass 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:

Multiple SQL injection vulnerabilities in admin/usercheck.php in FlexPHPNews 0.0.6 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the (1) checkuser parameter (aka username field) or (2) checkpass parameter (aka password field) to admin/index.php. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

The weakness was published 01/21/2009 (Website). The advisory is shared at milw0rm.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2008-5927 since 01/21/2009. 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. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1505 for this issue.

A public exploit has been developed by Osirys and been published even before and not after the advisory. It is possible to download the exploit at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 38 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

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 vulnerability database at Exploit-DB (7443).

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Class: Sql injection
CWE: CWE-89 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
ATT&CK: T1505

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Status: Proof-of-Concept
Author: Osirys
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Advisory: milw0rm.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2008-5927 (🔍)
SecurityFocus: 32810 - Multiple China-on-site.com Products Username and Password SQL Injection Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 33114

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

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Created: 03/17/2015 16:11
Updated: 10/25/2018 08:28
Changes: 03/17/2015 16:11 (53), 10/25/2018 08:28 (7)
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