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A vulnerability was found in PhpWebThings (version unknown). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown function of the file forum.php. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a sql injection vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
The weakness was released 12/11/2005 by Yichen Xie and Alex Aiken (rgod) (Website). The advisory is shared at archives.neohapsis.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2005-4218. The attack may be initiated remotely. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1505 for this issue.
A public exploit has been developed by rgod and been published even before and not after the advisory. The exploit is available at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 25 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. By approaching the search of inurl:forum.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 (23565) and Exploit-DB (1324). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at 27475, 27474, 27466 and 83317.
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CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
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Exploiting
Class: Sql injectionCWE: CWE-89 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
ATT&CK: T1505
Local: No
Remote: Yes
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
Author: rgod
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Timeline
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Sources
Advisory: archives.neohapsis.comResearcher: Yichen Xie, Alex Aiken (rgod)
Status: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-2005-4218 (🔍)
X-Force: 23565
SecurityFocus: 15465 - PHPWebThings MSG Parameter SQL Injection Vulnerability
Secunia: 18011
OSVDB: 21651 - phpWebThings forum.php Multiple Parameter SQL Injection
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entry
Created: 05/04/2016 17:41Updated: 07/28/2022 09:23
Changes: 05/04/2016 17:41 (40), 11/12/2018 08:20 (15), 07/28/2022 09:21 (3), 07/28/2022 09:23 (7)
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