Elxis CMS 2009.2 SQL Injection

`Vulnerability ID: HTB22700  
Reference: http://www.htbridge.ch/advisory/sql_injection_in_elxis_cms_1.html  
Product: Elxis CMS  
Vendor: Elxis Team ( http://www.elxis.org/ )  
Vulnerable Version: 2009.2 electra  
Vendor Notification: 16 November 2010  
Vulnerability Type: SQL Injection  
Status: Fixed by Vendor  
Risk level: High  
Credit: High-Tech Bridge SA - Ethical Hacking & Penetration Testing (http://www.htbridge.ch/)  
  
Vulnerability Details:  
The vulnerability exists due to failure in the "/index.php" script to properly sanitize user-supplied input in usercookie[password] variable.  
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 following PoC is available:  
  
  
GET /index.php HTTP/1.1  
Cookie: usercookie[username]=username; usercookie[password]=123'SQL_CODE_HERE  
  
  
Solution: Upgrade to the most recent version  
  
Vulnerability Details:  
The vulnerability exists due to failure in the "/index.php" script to properly sanitize user-supplied input in X_FORWARDED_FOR variable.  
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 following PoC is available:  
  
  
POST /index.php?option=com_poll&Itemid=17 HTTP/1.1  
X_FORWARDED_FOR: 123'SQL_CODE_HERE  
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded  
Content-Length: 66  
  
voteid=1&option=com_poll&task=vote&id=1&Itemid=17&task_button=Vote  
  
Solution: Upgrade to the most recent version  
  
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