Haudenschilt Family Connections CMS 1.4 Addressbook addressbook.php poll_id sql injection

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A vulnerability was found in Haudenschilt Family Connections CMS 1.4. It has been rated as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing of the file addressbook.php of the component Addressbook. The manipulation of the argument poll_id leads to sql injection. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2008-2901. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. Furthermore, there is an exploit available.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Haudenschilt Family Connections CMS 1.4 (Content Management System). This issue affects an unknown function of the file addressbook.php of the component Addressbook. The manipulation of the argument poll_id 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:

Multiple SQL injection vulnerabilities in Haudenschilt Family Connections CMS (FCMS) 1.4 allow remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the (1) address parameter to addressbook.php, the (2) getnews parameter to familynews.php, and the (3) poll_id parameter to home.php in a results action.

The weakness was shared 06/30/2008 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at milw0rm.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2008-2901 since 06/30/2008. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. The successful exploitation requires a simple authentication. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1505 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as highly functional. By approaching the search of inurl:addressbook.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 (43097), Exploit-DB (5811), SecurityFocus (BID 29722†) and Secunia (SA30680†). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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• Content Management System

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• Haudenschilt

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• Family Connections CMS

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• 1.4

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