PHP-Fusion The Kroax Module up to 4.42 kroax.php Category sql injection

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A vulnerability labeled as critical has been found in PHP-Fusion The Kroax Module up to 4.42. This affects an unknown part of the file kroax.php. Such manipulation of the argument Category leads to sql injection. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2008-5196. The attack can be executed remotely. Additionally, an exploit exists.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in PHP-Fusion The Kroax Module up to 4.42 (Content Management System). Affected by this issue is an unknown part of the file kroax.php. The manipulation of the argument category 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. CVE summarizes:

SQL injection vulnerability in kroax.php in the Kroax (the_kroax) 4.42 and earlier module for PHP-Fusion allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the category parameter.

The weakness was released 11/21/2008 (Website). The advisory is available at milw0rm.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2008-5196 since 11/21/2008. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known. This vulnerability is assigned to T1505 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

A public exploit has been developed by boom3rang and been published even before and not after the advisory. The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as highly functional. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 148 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. By approaching the search of inurl:kroax.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 (43462), Exploit-DB (5942) and SecurityFocus (BID 29976†). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Type

• Content Management System

Vendor

• PHP-Fusion

Name

• The Kroax Module

Version

• 4.0
• 4.1
• 4.2
• 4.3
• 4.4
• 4.5
• 4.6
• 4.7
• 4.8
• 4.9
• 4.10
• 4.11
• 4.12
• 4.13
• 4.14
• 4.15
• 4.16
• 4.17
• 4.18
• 4.19
• 4.20
• 4.21
• 4.22
• 4.23
• 4.24
• 4.25
• 4.26
• 4.27
• 4.28
• 4.29
• 4.30
• 4.31
• 4.32
• 4.33
• 4.34
• 4.35
• 4.36
• 4.37
• 4.38
• 4.39
• 4.40
• 4.41
• 4.42

License

• open-source

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