PunBB up to 1.2.13 sql injection

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in PunBB. It has been rated as critical. Affected is an unknown function. The manipulation leads to sql injection. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2006-5738. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in PunBB (Forum Software). This issue affects an unknown function. The manipulation 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 integrity. The summary by CVE is:

Multiple SQL injection vulnerabilities in PunBB before 1.2.14 allow remote authenticated administrators to execute arbitrary SQL commands via unspecified vectors.

The weakness was released 11/06/2006 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at forums.punbb.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2006-5738 since 11/06/2006. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The attack may be initiated remotely. The successful exploitation requires a simple authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1505 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Upgrading to version 1.2.14 eliminates this vulnerability.

Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-33130, VDB-33129 and VDB-33128. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Type

• Forum Software

Name

• PunBB

Version

• 1.0
• 1.0 Alpha
• 1.0 Beta1
• 1.0 Beta1a
• 1.0 Beta2
• 1.0 Beta3
• 1.0 Rc1
• 1.0 Rc2
• 1.0.1
• 1.1
• 1.1.1
• 1.1.2
• 1.1.3
• 1.1.4
• 1.1.5
• 1.2.1
• 1.2.2
• 1.2.3
• 1.2.4
• 1.2.5
• 1.2.6
• 1.2.7
• 1.2.8
• 1.2.9
• 1.2.10
• 1.2.11
• 1.2.12
• 1.2.13

License

• open-source

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