Arab Portal 2.0.1/2.1/2.2 forum.php qc sql injection

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A vulnerability has been found in Arab Portal 2.0.1/2.1/2.2 and classified as critical. The affected element is an unknown function of the file forum.php. The manipulation of the argument qc leads to sql injection. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2009-2781. The attack can be initiated remotely. Additionally, an exploit exists.

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A vulnerability was found in Arab Portal 2.0.1/2.1/2.2 and classified as critical. This issue affects an unknown part of the file forum.php. The manipulation of the argument qc 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 forum.php in Arab Portal 2.x, when magic_quotes_gpc is disabled, allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the qc parameter in an addcomment action, a different vector than CVE-2006-1666.

The weakness was released 08/17/2009 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at milw0rm.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2009-2781 since 08/17/2009. The attack may be initiated remotely. A simple authentication is necessary for exploitation. Technical details as well as 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 rEcruit 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 16 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. By approaching the search of inurl:forum.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 (9320) and SecurityFocus (BID 35914†). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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• Arab

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• Portal

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• 2.0.1
• 2.1
• 2.2

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