Pligg Pligg Cms 9.9.0 editlink.php ID sql injection

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A vulnerability has been found in Pligg Pligg Cms 9.9.0 and classified as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing of the file editlink.php. This manipulation of the argument ID causes sql injection. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2008-1774. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. Moreover, an exploit is present.

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A vulnerability was found in Pligg Pligg Cms 9.9.0 (Content Management System). It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown part of the file editlink.php. The manipulation of the argument id 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:

SQL injection vulnerability in editlink.php in Pligg 9.9.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the id parameter.

The weakness was disclosed 04/14/2008 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at milw0rm.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2008-1774 since 04/14/2008. 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 by Guido Landi in Perl and been published even before and not after the advisory. It is possible to download the exploit at securityfocus.com. It is declared as highly functional. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 6 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. By approaching the search of inurl:editlink.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 (41709), Exploit-DB (5406) and SecurityFocus (BID 28681†). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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• Content Management System

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• Pligg

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• Pligg Cms

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• 9.9.0

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• open-source

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