PHPFreeNews 1.40 searchresults.php CatID sql injection

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in PHPFreeNews 1.40. This issue affects some unknown processing of the file searchresults.php. This manipulation of the argument CatID causes sql injection. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2005-2637. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. Moreover, an exploit is present.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in PHPFreeNews 1.40. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code of the file searchresults.php. The manipulation of the argument CatID 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 PHPFreeNews 1.40 and earlier allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the (1) Match or (2) CatID parameter to SearchResults.php, or (3) the password to AccessControl.php.

The weakness was disclosed 08/23/2005 by h4cky0u (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at marc.theaimsgroup.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2005-2637 since 08/20/2005. 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 proof-of-concept. By approaching the search of inurl:searchresults.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 (26159), SecurityFocus (BID 14589†), Secunia (SA16490†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1014726†). The entry VDB-26108 is pretty similar. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Sql injection
CWE: CWE-89 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Physical: No
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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10/01/2025 +3857 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: marc.theaimsgroup.com
Researcher: h4cky0u
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2005-2637 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-2637
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-26107
SecurityFocus: 14589 - PHPFreeNews SearchResults.PHP Multiple SQL Injection Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 16490 - PHPFreeNews SQL Injection and Cross-Site Scripting, Moderately Critical
SecurityTracker: 1014726

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

Created: 03/11/2015 23:39
Updated: 10/01/2025 16:42
Changes: 03/11/2015 23:39 (51), 07/10/2018 09:10 (8), 10/01/2025 16:42 (27)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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