SNS Vulnerability

IP.Board IP.Content Module "cid" SQL Injection Vulnerability

Description

Jamieson O'Reilly has reported a vulnerability in the IP.Content module for IP.Board, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct SQL injection attacks.
Input passed via the "cid" GET parameter is not properly sanitised in admin/applications_addon/ips/ccs/extensions/search/engines/sql.php before being used in SQL queries. This can be exploited to manipulate SQL queries by injecting arbitrary SQL code.
The vulnerability is reported in version 2.3.6. Prior versions may also be affected.

Vulnerable Products

Vulnerable Software:
IP.Content (module for IP.Board) 2.x

Solution

Apply patch. http://community.invisionpower.com/index.php?app=core&module=attach&section=attach&attach_id=58972

CVE

References

IP.Content:
http://community.invisionpower.com/topic/402014-ipcontent-23x-security-update/
Jamieson O'Reilly:
http://dringen.blogspot.com.au/2014/07/invision-power-board-blind-sql.html

Vulnerability Manager Detection

IPS Protection

ASQ Engine alarm	Available Since
SQL injection Prevention - GET : suspicious OR statement in URL	3.2.0
SQL injection Prevention - GET : suspicious combination of 'OR' or 'AND' statements in URL	3.2.0
SQL injection Prevention - GET : suspicious CREATE statement in URL	3.2.0
SQL injection Prevention - GET : suspicious CAST statement in URL	3.2.0
SQL injection Prevention - GET : suspicious OPENROWSET statement in URL	3.2.0
SQL injection Prevention - GET : suspicious DECLARE statement in URL	3.2.0
SQL injection Prevention - GET : suspicious OPENQUERY statement in URL	3.2.0
SQL injection Prevention - GET : suspicious shutdown statement in URL	3.2.0
SQL injection Prevention - GET : suspicious UNION SELECT statement in URL	3.2.0
SQL injection Prevention - GET : possible database version probing	3.2.0
SQL injection Prevention - GET : suspicious UPDATE SET statement in URL	3.2.0
SQL injection Prevention - GET : suspicious SELECT statement in URL	3.2.0
SQL injection Prevention - GET : suspicious INSERT statement in URL	3.2.0
SQL injection Prevention - GET : suspicious DROP statement in URL	3.2.0
SQL injection Prevention - GET : suspicious EXEC statement in URL	3.2.0
SQL injection Prevention - GET : block comment delimiters in URL	3.2.0
SQL injection Prevention - GET : suspicious SQL statement in header	4.0.0
SQL injection Prevention - GET : Authentication bypass attempt with OR statement	5.0.0
SQL injection Prevention - GET : suspicious ASCII and SUBSTR statements in URL	5.0.0

Risk level

Moderate

Vulnerability First Public Report Date

2014-09-04

Target Type

Server

Possible exploit

Remote