BosDev BosNews 4 news.php Article sql injection

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A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in BosDev BosNews 4. This impacts an unknown function of the file news.php. The manipulation of the argument Article leads to sql injection. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2008-4703. 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 BosDev BosNews 4. This issue affects some unknown functionality of the file news.php. The manipulation of the argument article 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:

SQL injection vulnerability in news.php in BosDev BosNews 4.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the article parameter.

The weakness was shared 10/23/2008 by Crackers_child (Website). The advisory is shared at milw0rm.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2008-4703 since 10/23/2008. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1505 for this issue.

The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as highly functional. By approaching the search of inurl:news.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 (41806), Exploit-DB (5446) and SecurityFocus (BID 28778†). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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• BosDev

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• BosNews

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• 4

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