Chatelao PHP Address Book up to 6.2.11 group.php ID sql injection

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A vulnerability has been found in Chatelao PHP Address Book up to 6.2.11 and classified as critical. This affects an unknown function of the file group.php of the component Address Book. This manipulation of the argument ID causes sql injection. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2012-1911. The attack can be initiated remotely. Additionally, an exploit exists.

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A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Chatelao PHP Address Book up to 6.2.11 (Programming Language Software). Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown part of the file group.php of the component Address Book. The manipulation of the argument id with an unknown input leads to a sql injection vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Multiple SQL injection vulnerabilities in PHP Address Book 6.2.12 and earlier allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the (1) to_group parameter to group.php or (2) id parameter to vcard.php. NOTE: the edit.php vector is already covered by CVE-2008-2565.

The weakness was released 09/09/2012 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at exploit-db.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2012-1911 since 03/26/2012. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details and also 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 Stefan Schurtz and been published even before and not after the advisory. It is possible to download the exploit at exploit-db.com. It is declared as highly functional. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 183 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. By approaching the search of inurl:group.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 (73943), Exploit-DB (18578), SecurityFocus (BID 52396†) and OSVDB (80832†). Entry connected to this vulnerability is available at VDB-62192. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Type

• Programming Language Software

Vendor

• Chatelao

Name

• PHP Address Book

Version

• 6.2.0
• 6.2.1
• 6.2.2
• 6.2.3
• 6.2.4
• 6.2.5
• 6.2.6
• 6.2.7
• 6.2.8
• 6.2.9
• 6.2.10
• 6.2.11

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• open-source

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