Stewart Howe CelerBB 0.0.2 viewforum.php sql injection

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A vulnerability was found in Stewart Howe CelerBB 0.0.2. It has been declared as critical. This affects an unknown part of the file viewforum.php. Such manipulation leads to sql injection. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2009-0851. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. Furthermore, an exploit is available.

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A vulnerability was found in Stewart Howe CelerBB 0.0.2. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown processing of the file viewforum.php. The manipulation 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:

Multiple SQL injection vulnerabilities in CelerBB 0.0.2, when magic_quotes_gpc is disabled, allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the id parameter to (1) viewforum.php and (2) viewtopic.php.

The weakness was published 03/09/2009 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2009-0851 since 03/09/2009. 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 Salvatore Fresta and been published even before and not after the advisory. The exploit is available at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 4 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. By approaching the search of inurl:viewforum.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 Exploit-DB (8161) and SecurityFocus (BID 34014†). Similar entries are available at VDB-47062 and VDB-47061. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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• Stewart Howe

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• CelerBB

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• 0.0.2

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