Simple Machines Forum "cur_cat" Parameter Handling Remote SQL Injection Vulnerability


Description   A vulnerability has been identified in Simple Machines Forum, which may be exploited by attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands. This flaw is due to an input validation error in the "Sources/ManageBoards.php" script when processing the "cur_cat" parameter before being used in SQL statements, which could be exploited by privileged users to conduct SQL injection attacks and gain unauthorized access to a vulnerable application.
     
Vulnerable Products   Vulnerable Software:
Simple Machines Forum version 1.1 RC3 and prior
     
Solution   Upgrade to version 1.0.9 or apply patches : http://www.simplemachines.org/download/
     
CVE   CVE-2006-4564
     
References  
     
Vulnerability Manager Detection   No
     
IPS Protection  
ASQ Engine alarm Available Since
SQL injection Prevention - GET : suspicious OR statement in URL
3.2.0
SQL injection Prevention - POST : suspicious SELECT statement in data
3.2.0
SQL injection Prevention - GET : suspicious combination of 'OR' or 'AND' statements in URL
3.2.0
SQL injection Prevention - POST : possible version probing in data
3.2.0
SQL injection Prevention - GET : suspicious CREATE statement in URL
3.2.0
SQL injection Prevention - GET : suspicious OPENROWSET statement in URL
3.2.0
SQL injection Prevention - POST : suspicious OPENQUERY statement in data
3.2.0
SQL injection Prevention - POST : suspicious CREATE statement in data
3.2.0
SQL injection Prevention - POST : suspicious UPDATE statement in data
3.2.0
SQL injection Prevention - POST : suspicious UNION statement in data
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 - POST : suspicious DROP statement in data
3.2.0
SQL injection Prevention - GET : possible database version probing
3.2.0
SQL injection Prevention - POST : suspicious INSERT statement in data
3.2.0
SQL injection Prevention - POST : suspicious OR statement in data
3.2.0
SQL injection Prevention - GET : suspicious UPDATE SET statement in URL
3.2.0
SQL injection Prevention - POST : suspicious EXEC statement in data
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 - POST : suspicious OPENROWSET statement in data
3.2.0
SQL injection Prevention - GET : suspicious EXEC statement in URL
3.2.0
SQL injection Prevention - POST : suspicious HAVING statement in data
3.2.0
     


 
 
 
 
 Risk level 
Low 

 Vulnerability First Public Report Date 
2006-09-04 

 Target Type 
Server 

 Possible exploit 
Local & Remote