PAXXGallery Com Paxxgallery 0.2 index.php userid sql injection

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A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in PAXXGallery Com Paxxgallery 0.2. This affects an unknown part of the file index.php. The manipulation of the argument userid leads to sql injection. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2008-0801. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. Moreover, an exploit is present.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in PAXXGallery Com Paxxgallery 0.2 (Photo Gallery Software). This issue affects an unknown code of the file index.php. The manipulation of the argument userid 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 confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

SQL injection vulnerability in index.php in the PAXXGallery (com_paxxgallery) 0.2 component for Mambo and Joomla! allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via (1) the iid parameter in a view action, and possibly (2) the userid parameter.

The weakness was disclosed 02/15/2008 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at milw0rm.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2008-0801 since 02/15/2008. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details as well as 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 by S@BUN and been published even before and not after the advisory. The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as highly functional. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. By approaching the search of inurl:index.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 (40497), Exploit-DB (5117) and SecurityFocus (BID 27811†). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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• Photo Gallery Software

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• PAXXGallery

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• Com Paxxgallery

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• 0.2

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