Hessel Brouwer PHP Visit Counter up to 0.4 read.php datespan sql injection

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Hessel Brouwer PHP Visit Counter up to 0.4 and classified as critical. The affected element is an unknown function of the file read.php. Performing a manipulation of the argument datespan results in sql injection. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2008-2556. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. Furthermore, an exploit is available.

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A vulnerability was found in Hessel Brouwer PHP Visit Counter up to 0.4 (Programming Language Software). It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown part of the file read.php. The manipulation of the argument datespan with an unknown input leads to a sql injection vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

SQL injection vulnerability in read.php in PHP Visit Counter 0.4 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the datespan parameter in a read action.

The weakness was published 06/05/2008 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at milw0rm.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2008-2556 since 06/05/2008. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details and 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 Lidloses_Auge and been published before and not just after the advisory. The exploit is shared for download at exploit-db.com. It is declared as highly functional. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 5 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. By approaching the search of inurl:read.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 (42789) and Exploit-DB (5703). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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• Programming Language Software

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• Hessel Brouwer

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• PHP Visit Counter

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• 0.1
• 0.2
• 0.3
• 0.4

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• open-source

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