WoltLab Burning Book 1.1.2 addentry.php sql injection

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in WoltLab Burning Book 1.1.2. It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown part of the file addentry.php. This manipulation causes sql injection. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2006-5509. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. Moreover, an exploit is present.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in WoltLab Burning Book 1.1.2 (Content Management System). It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code block of the file addentry.php. The manipulation 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:

Eval injection vulnerability in addentry.php in WoltLab Burning Book 1.1.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via crafted POST requests that store PHP code in a database that is later processed by eval, as demonstrated using SQL injection via the n parameter.

The weakness was disclosed 10/25/2006 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at vupen.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2006-5509 since 10/25/2006. 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. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1505 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

A public exploit has been developed in Perl. It is possible to download the exploit at securityfocus.com. It is declared as functional. By approaching the search of inurl:addentry.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 (29599), SecurityFocus (BID 20563†) and Secunia (SA22442†). The entry VDB-32946 is pretty similar. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Sql injection
CWE: CWE-89 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Access: Public
Status: Functional
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10/16/2006 🔍
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10/25/2006 +8 days 🔍
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04/25/2026 +4062 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: woltlab.com

Advisory: vupen.com⛔
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2006-5509 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-5509
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-32947
X-Force: 29599 - WoltLab Burning Book addentry.php command execution
SecurityFocus: 20563 - Woltlab Burning Books Variable Overwrite Vulnerability
Secunia: 22442 - WoltLab Burning Book SQL Injection and "eval()" Injection, Highly Critical
Vupen: ADV-2006-4062

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

Created: 03/12/2015 22:21
Updated: 04/25/2026 12:17
Changes: 03/12/2015 22:21 (56), 09/29/2017 09:06 (8), 04/25/2026 12:17 (17)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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