__________________________________________________________ The U.S. Department of Energy Computer Incident Advisory Capability ___ __ __ _ ___ / | /_\ / \___ __|__ / \ \___ __________________________________________________________ INFORMATION BULLETIN PHP-Nuke EasyContent Module 'page_id' Parameter Vulnerability [Security Focus 27897] February 26, 2008 16:00 GMT Number S-205 ______________________________________________________________________________ PROBLEM: The PHP-Nuke EasyContent module is prone to an SQL-injection vulnerability because it fails to sufficiently sanitize user-supplied data before using it in an SQL query. PLATFORM: PHP-Nuke PHP-Nuke EasyContent Module DAMAGE: Compromise the application. SOLUTION: Upgrade to the appropriate version. ______________________________________________________________________________ VULNERABILITY The risk is LOW. Expoiting this issue could allow an attacker ASSESSMENT: to compromise the application, access or modify data, or exploit latent vulnerabilities in the underlying database. ______________________________________________________________________________ LINKS: CIAC BULLETIN: http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/s-205.shtml ORIGINAL BULLETIN: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27897/discuss ______________________________________________________________________________ [***** Start Security Focus 27897 *****] PHP-Nuke EasyContent Module 'page_id' Parameter SQL Injection Vulnerability The PHP-Nuke EasyContent module is prone to an SQL-injection vulnerability because it fails to sufficiently sanitize user-supplied data before using it in an SQL query. Exploiting this issue could allow an attacker to compromise the application, access or modify data, or exploit latent vulnerabilities in the underlying database. Bugtraq ID: 27897 Class: Input Validation Error CVE: Remote: Yes Local: No Published: Feb 20 2008 12:00AM Updated: Feb 20 2008 10:33PM Credit: xoron is credited with the discovery of this vulnerability. Vulnerable: PHP-Nuke PHP-Nuke EasyContent Module 0 [***** End Security Focus 27897 *****] _______________________________________________________________________________ CIAC wishes to acknowledge the contributions of Security Focus for the information contained in this bulletin. _______________________________________________________________________________ CIAC, the Computer Incident Advisory Capability, is the computer security incident response team for the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and the emergency backup response team for the National Institutes of Health (NIH). CIAC is located at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in Livermore, California. 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