Invision Power Board Input Validation Flaw in 'xmlout.php' Lets Remote Users Inject SQL Commands
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SecurityTracker Alert ID: 1020817 |
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SecurityTracker URL: http://securitytracker.com/id/1020817
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CVE Reference:
CVE-2008-4171
(Links to External Site)
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Updated: Sep 24 2008
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Original Entry Date: Sep 4 2008
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Impact:
Disclosure of system information, Disclosure of user information, User access via network
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Fix Available: Yes Vendor Confirmed: Yes Exploit Included: Yes
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Version(s): 2.2.x and 2.3.x
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Description:
A vulnerability was reported in Invision Power Board. A remote user can inject SQL commands.
The software does not properly validate user-supplied input. A remote user can supply a specially crafted parameter value to trigger a flaw in the check_display_name() function and execute SQL commands on the underlying database.
The vulnerability resides in 'xmlout.php'.
DarkFig reported this vulnerability.
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Impact:
A remote user can execute SQL commands on the underlying database.
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Solution:
The vendor has issued a patch for 2.2.x and 2.3.x, available in the vendor's advisory.
The vendor's advisory is available at:
http://forums.invisionpower.com/index.php?showtopic=276512
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Vendor URL: forums.invisionpower.com/index.php?showtopic=276512 (Links to External Site)
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Cause:
Input validation error
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Underlying OS:
Linux (Any), UNIX (Any), Windows (Any)
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Message History:
None.
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Source Message Contents
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