Utopia Software Utopia News Pro 1.1.4 editnews.php tempid sql injection

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Utopia Software Utopia News Pro 1.1.4 and classified as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing of the file editnews.php. Performing a manipulation of the argument tempid results in sql injection. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2005-4223. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Utopia Software Utopia News Pro 1.1.4. This affects an unknown part of the file editnews.php. The manipulation of the argument tempid 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 "potential" SQL injection vulnerabilities in Utopia News Pro (UNP) 1.1.4 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via (1) the newsid parameter in editnews.php, (2) the catid and question parameters in faq.php, (3) the poster parameter in postnews.php, (4) the tempid parameter in templates.php, and (5) the userid and groupid parameters in users.php.

The weakness was released 12/11/2005 by Yichen Xie and Alex Aiken as not defined posting (Bugtraq). It is possible to read the advisory at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2005-4223 since 12/14/2005. 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 of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1505 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. By approaching the search of inurl:editnews.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 (23564), OSVDB (21645†) and Secunia (SA17988†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-83317, VDB-83318, VDB-83319 and VDB-83320. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.9

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Class: Sql injection
CWE: CWE-89 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Status: Proof-of-Concept
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12/11/2005 🔍
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06/24/2018 +1201 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Researcher: Yichen Xie, Alex Aiken
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2005-4223 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-4223
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-27471
X-Force: 23564 - Utopia News Pro editnews.php SQL injection
Secunia: 17988 - Utopia News Pro SQL Injection Vulnerabilities, Less Critical
OSVDB: 21645 - Utopia News Pro editnews.php newsid Parameter SQL Injection
Vupen: ADV-2005-2859

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/11/2015 23:39
Updated: 06/24/2018 13:05
Changes: 03/11/2015 23:39 (54), 06/24/2018 13:05 (7)
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Cache ID: 216:FEF:103

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