PowerScripts PowerNews 2.5.4 news.php newsid sql injection

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in PowerScripts PowerNews 2.5.4. It has been declared as critical. The impacted element is an unknown function of the file news.php. Such manipulation of the argument newsid leads to sql injection. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2009-0705. The attack may be launched remotely. Furthermore, there is an exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in PowerScripts PowerNews 2.5.4 and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown processing of the file news.php. The manipulation of the argument newsid 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 news.php in PowerScripts PowerNews 2.5.4, when magic_quotes_gpc is disabled, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the newsid parameter.

The weakness was shared 01/01/2009 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at milw0rm.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2009-0705 since 02/23/2009. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1505.

A public exploit has been developed by Virangar Security and been published immediately after the advisory. 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 (47701), Exploit-DB (7641), SecurityFocus (BID 33081†), OSVDB (51110†) and Secunia (SA33363†). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Sql injection
CWE: CWE-89 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Physical: No
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Access: Public
Status: Highly functional
Author: Virangar Security
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: milw0rm.com⛔
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2009-0705 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2009-0705
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-46724
X-Force: 47701 - PowerNews news.php SQL injection
SecurityFocus: 33081 - PowerNews 'news.php' SQL Injection Vulnerability
Secunia: 33363 - PowerNews "newsid" SQL Injection Vulnerability, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 51110 - PowerNews news.php newsid Parameter SQL Injection

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

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Created: 03/17/2015 16:11
Updated: 11/21/2024 16:30
Changes: 03/17/2015 16:11 (56), 10/29/2018 06:23 (12), 11/21/2024 16:30 (17)
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