Himpfen Consulting PHP SimpleNEWS 1.0.0 admin.php admin sql injection

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Himpfen Consulting PHP SimpleNEWS 1.0.0. The impacted element is an unknown function of the file admin.php. This manipulation of the argument admin causes sql injection. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2006-1276. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available. It is recommended to strengthen authentication.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Himpfen Consulting PHP SimpleNEWS 1.0.0 (Programming Language Software) and classified as very critical. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown processing of the file admin.php. The manipulation of the argument admin 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:

admin.php in Himpfen Consulting Company PHP SimpleNEWS 1.0.0 allows remote attackers to bypass authentication by setting the admin parameter in a cookie.

The weakness was published 03/10/2006 by Aliaksandr Hartsuyeu (Website). The advisory is shared at vupen.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2006-1276 since 03/18/2006. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 09/06/2017). MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1505 for this issue.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. By approaching the search of inurl:admin.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking.

It is possible to mitigate the problem by adding an authentication mechanism.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (25177), SecurityFocus (BID 17186†), OSVDB (23803†) and Secunia (SA19195†). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 9.8
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 9.0

VulDB Base Score: 9.8
VulDB Temp Score: 9.0
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Exploitinginfo

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

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Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Authentication
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Timelineinfo

03/10/2006 🔍
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03/18/2006 +7 days 🔍
03/19/2006 +1 days 🔍
03/22/2006 +3 days 🔍
03/12/2015 +3277 days 🔍
09/06/2017 +909 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: vupen.com⛔
Researcher: Aliaksandr Hartsuyeu
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2006-1276 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-1276
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-29245
X-Force: 25177 - PHP SimpleNEWS and PHP SimpleNEWS My SQL admin.php security bypass
SecurityFocus: 17186 - PHP SimpleNEWS Authentication Bypass Vulnerability
Secunia: 19195
OSVDB: 23803 - PHP SimpleNEWS Cookie Authentication Bypass
Vupen: ADV-2006-0913

Entryinfo

Created: 03/12/2015 12:19
Updated: 09/06/2017 15:27
Changes: 03/12/2015 12:19 (61), 09/06/2017 15:27 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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