Gonafish LinksCaffePRO 4.5 index.php idd sql injection

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A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in Gonafish LinksCaffePRO 4.5. This affects an unknown part of the file index.php. This manipulation of the argument idd causes sql injection. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2008-4202. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. Moreover, an exploit is present.

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A vulnerability has been found in Gonafish LinksCaffePRO 4.5 and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code of the file index.php. The manipulation of the argument idd 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 index.php in Gonafish LinksCaffePRO 4.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the idd parameter in a deadlink action.

The weakness was disclosed 09/24/2008 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at milw0rm.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2008-4202 since 09/24/2008. 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 sl4xUz and been published even before and not after the advisory. It is possible to download the exploit at exploit-db.com. It is declared as highly functional. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 8 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 (45179), Exploit-DB (6469), SecurityFocus (BID 31187†) and Secunia (SA31844†). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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• Gonafish

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• LinksCaffePRO

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• 4.5

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