Aj Square AJ Auction Web 2.0 category.php cate_id sql injection

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A vulnerability was found in Aj Square AJ Auction Web 2.0. It has been classified as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing of the file category.php. Performing a manipulation of the argument cate_id results in sql injection. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2008-2860. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. Furthermore, an exploit is available.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Aj Square AJ Auction Web 2.0 (Auction Software). This affects an unknown code block of the file category.php. The manipulation of the argument cate_id 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 category.php in AJSquare AJ Auction Pro web 2.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the cate_id parameter.

The weakness was published 06/25/2008 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at milw0rm.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2008-2860 since 06/24/2008. 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 Hussin X and been published even before and not 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 6 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. By approaching the search of inurl:category.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 (43218), Exploit-DB (5867) and SecurityFocus (BID 29839†). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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• Auction Software

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• Aj Square

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• AJ Auction

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• Web 2.0

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