Envolution News modules.php catid sql injection

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Envolution and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the file modules.php of the component News Module. Executing a manipulation of the argument catid can lead to sql injection. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2005-4263. The attack may be launched remotely. Furthermore, there is an exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Envolution (the affected version is unknown). This vulnerability affects an unknown code of the file modules.php of the component News Module. 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. CVE summarizes:

SQL injection vulnerability in the News module in Envolution allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the (1) startrow and (2) catid parameter.

The weakness was shared 12/13/2005 by X1ngBox (Website). The advisory is available at vupen.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2005-4263 since 12/15/2005. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Technical details and also a public exploit are known. This vulnerability is assigned to T1505 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

After immediately, there has been an exploit disclosed. It is possible to download the exploit at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. By approaching the search of inurl:modules.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 (26819), SecurityFocus (BID 15857†), OSVDB (21752†), Secunia (SA18069†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1015351†). The entry VDB-27513 is related to this item. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Sql injection
CWE: CWE-89 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Access: Public
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Advisory: vupen.com⛔
Researcher: X1ngBox
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2005-4263 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-4263
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-27514
SecurityFocus: 15857 - Envolution Multiple Input Validation Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 18069 - Envolution Cross-Site Scripting and SQL Injection Vulnerabilities, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 21752 - News Module for Envolution modules.php Multiple Parameter SQL Injection
SecurityTracker: 1015351 - Envolution Input Validation Holes in News Module Permit SQL Injection and Cross-Site Scripting Attacks
Vupen: ADV-2005-2927

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Created: 03/12/2015 11:11
Updated: 08/31/2025 00:05
Changes: 03/12/2015 11:11 (59), 08/01/2017 07:59 (7), 08/31/2025 00:05 (23)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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