phpBP "id" Parameter Processing Remote SQL Injection Vulnerability


Description   A vulnerability has been identified in phpBP, which could be exploited by attackers to manipulate and inject SQL queries. This issue is caused by an input validation error in the "banner_out()" [includes/functions/banners-external.php] function when processing the "id" parameter, which could be exploited by malicious people to conduct SQL injection attacks and gain knowledge of sensitive information.
     
Vulnerable Products   Vulnerable Software:
phpBP version 2 RC3 (2.204) FIX4 and prior
     
Solution   Upgrade to phpBP 2 RC3 (2.204) FIX5 : http://www.phpbp.com/filedownload-phpbp2-RC3-204-fix5_22.html
     
CVE   CVE-2008-1408
     
References   http://irk4z.wordpress.com/2008/03/16/phpbp-rc3-2204-fix4-remote-sql-injection-vulnerability/
     
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
SQL injection Prevention - GET : suspicious SQL statement in header
4.0.0
     


 
 
 
 
 Risk level 
Moderate 

 Vulnerability First Public Report Date 
2008-03-18 

 Target Type 
Server 

 Possible exploit 
Local & Remote