magic Utopia News Pro 1.1.3 magic_quotes_gpc news.php newsid sql injection

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in magic Utopia News Pro 1.1.3. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the file news.php of the component magic_quotes_gpc. This manipulation of the argument newsid causes sql injection. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2005-3201. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. Moreover, an exploit is present.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in magic Utopia News Pro 1.1.3. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown processing of the file news.php of the component magic_quotes_gpc. The manipulation of the argument newsid 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 news.php for Utopia News Pro (UNP) 1.1.3, when magic_quotes_gpc is disabled and register_globals is enabled, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL via the newsid parameter.

The weakness was disclosed 10/06/2005 by rgod (Website). The advisory is shared at secunia.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2005-3201 since 10/14/2005. 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. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1505 for this issue.

A public exploit has been developed by rgod and been published before and not just after the advisory. It is possible to download the exploit at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. By approaching the search of inurl:news.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 (22555), Exploit-DB (1240), SecurityFocus (BID 15028†), OSVDB (19942†) and Secunia (SA17115†). The entries VDB-26556 and VDB-82913 are pretty similar. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Sql injection
CWE: CWE-89 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
Author: rgod
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Advisory: secunia.com⛔
Researcher: rgod
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2005-3201 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-3201
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-26557
X-Force: 22555 - Utopia News Pro news.php SQL injection
SecurityFocus: 15028 - Utopia News Pro SQL Injection Vulnerability
Secunia: 17115 - Utopia News Pro Cross-Site Scripting and SQL Injection, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 19942 - Utopia News Pro news.php newsid Parameter SQL Injection
SecurityTracker: 1015016

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Created: 03/11/2015 23:39
Updated: 12/24/2025 11:47
Changes: 03/11/2015 23:39 (65), 06/24/2018 12:51 (10), 12/24/2025 11:47 (16)
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