The-rat-cms Alpha2 Login login.php Password sql injection

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A vulnerability was found in The-rat-cms Alpha2. It has been classified as critical. This impacts an unknown function of the file login.php of the component Login. Performing a manipulation of the argument Password results in sql injection. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2008-7003. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. Furthermore, there is an exploit available.

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A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in The-rat-cms Alpha2 (Content Management System). This affects an unknown code block of the file login.php of the component Login. The manipulation of the argument password with an unknown input leads to a sql injection vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Multiple SQL injection vulnerabilities in login.php in The Rat CMS Alpha 2 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the (1) user_id and (2) password parameter.

The weakness was shared 08/19/2009 (Website). The advisory is shared at milw0rm.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2008-7003 since 08/17/2009. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details and a public exploit are known. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1505 for this issue.

A public exploit has been developed by x0r and been published even before and not after the advisory. The exploit is shared for download at exploit-db.com. It is declared as highly functional. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 247 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. By approaching the search of inurl:login.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 (47335), Exploit-DB (7478) and SecurityFocus (BID 32845†). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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• Content Management System

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• The-rat-cms

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• Alpha2

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