Greywyvern Orca Knowledgebase up to 2.1b knowledgebase-control.php qid sql injection

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Greywyvern Orca Knowledgebase up to 2.1b. It has been classified as critical. The impacted element is an unknown function of the file knowledgebase-control.php. The manipulation of the argument qid leads to sql injection. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2005-3942. The attack can be initiated remotely. Additionally, an exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Greywyvern Orca Knowledgebase up to 2.1b (Knowledge Base Software) and classified as critical. This issue affects an unknown code block of the file knowledgebase-control.php. The manipulation of the argument qid 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 summary by CVE is:

SQL injection vulnerability in knowledgebase-control.php in Orca Knowledgebase 2.1b and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the qid parameter.

The weakness was released 11/29/2005 by r0t (Website). The advisory is shared at greywyvern.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2005-3942 since 12/01/2005. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1505 for this issue.

The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. By approaching the search of inurl:knowledgebase-control.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 (26656), SecurityFocus (BID 15637†), OSVDB (21198†) and Secunia (SA17805†). 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
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: greywyvern.com
Researcher: r0t
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2005-3942 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-3942
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-27221
SecurityFocus: 15637 - Orca Knowledgebase Knowledgebase.PHP SQL Injection Vulnerability
Secunia: 17805 - Orca Knowledgebase "qid" SQL Injection Vulnerability, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 21198 - Orca Knowledgebase knowledgebase.php qid Parameter SQL Injection
Vupen: ADV-2005-2642

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

Entryinfo

Created: 03/11/2015 23:39
Updated: 09/05/2025 11:39
Changes: 03/11/2015 23:39 (55), 07/30/2017 11:30 (7), 09/05/2025 11:39 (24)
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Cache ID: 216:289:103

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