PHP Arena paFileDB 1.1.3/2.1.1/3.0/3.0 Beta 3.1 Login Form auth.php string sql injection

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in PHP Arena paFileDB 1.1.3/2.1.1/3.0/3.0 Beta 3.1. It has been classified as critical. The impacted element is an unknown function of the file auth.php of the component Login Form. Performing a manipulation of the argument string results in sql injection. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2005-2000. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. Moreover, an exploit is present.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in PHP Arena paFileDB 1.1.3/2.1.1/3.0/3.0 Beta 3.1 (Programming Language Software). This affects an unknown code block of the file auth.php of the component Login Form. The manipulation of the argument string with an unknown input leads to a sql injection vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Multiple SQL injection vulnerabilities in paFileDB 3.1 and earlier allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the formname parameter (1) in the login form, (2) in the team login form, or (3) to auth.php, (4) select, (5) id, or (6) query parameter to pafiledb.php, or (7) string parameter to search.php.

The weakness was disclosed 06/14/2005 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at phparena.net. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2005-2000 since 06/20/2005. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details and a public exploit are known. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1505 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

A public exploit has been developed by Alpha_Programmer and been published before and not just after the advisory. The exploit is shared for download at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. By approaching the search of inurl:auth.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 Exploit-DB (1050) and OSVDB (17474†). The entries VDB-25528 and VDB-25526 are pretty similar. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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• Programming Language Software

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• PHP Arena

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• paFileDB

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• 1.1.3
• 2.1.1
• 3.0
• 3.0 Beta 3.1

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• open-source

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