Ringsworld Flashlight Free Edition read.php ID sql injection

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Ringsworld Flashlight Free Edition. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the file read.php. Such manipulation of the argument ID leads to sql injection. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2009-4204. The attack can be launched remotely. Moreover, an exploit is present.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Ringsworld Flashlight Free Edition (affected version not known). Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file read.php. The manipulation of the argument id 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 read.php in Flashlight Free Edition allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the id parameter.

The weakness was disclosed 12/04/2009 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at milw0rm.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2009-4204 since 12/04/2009. 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. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1505.

A public exploit has been developed by K4m1k451 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 185 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. By approaching the search of inurl:read.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 (50906) and Exploit-DB (8856). The entry VDB-51033 is pretty similar. VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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• Ringsworld

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• Flashlight Free Edition

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