Forumer & IPB Board - Remote SQL Injection Vulnerability

Document Title:
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Forumer & IPB Board - Remote SQL Injection Vulnerability



Release Date:
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2011-06-20


Vulnerability Laboratory ID (VL-ID):
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199


Abstract Advisory Information:
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linc0ln.dll detected a SQL Injection Vulnerability on the Forumer Board Application of IPB.


Vulnerability Disclosure Timeline:
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2011-06-11: 	Detected by Researcher
2011-06-18:	Vendor Notification
2011-06-19:	Vendor Response/Feedback
2011-00-00:	Vendor Fix/Patch
2011-06-20:	Public or Non-Public Disclosure


Discovery Status:
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Published


Affected Product(s):
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Exploitation Technique:
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Remote


Severity Level:
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High


Technical Details & Description:
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A remote SQL Injection vulnerability is detected for the new Forumer & IPB Web Application.
The vulnerability allows an attacker (remote) to inject own sql statements over a not secure parsed parameter.

Vulnerable Module(s):
				               [+] Show Topic (param)


--- SQL Error Logs ---
mySQL query error: SELECT title from soundt_topics where tid=-1.-
mySQL error: You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to 
your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near  at line 1

... or 

mySQL query error: SELECT title from watblog_topics where tid={SQL}
mySQL error: You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your 
MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near }- at line 1


Pictures:
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Proof of Concept (PoC):
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The vulnerability can be exploited by remote attackers (pre-auth). For demonstration or reproduce ...

PoC:	    
		http://127.0.0.1/[path]/index.php?showtopic={SQL}

References:
		http://www.sound-thinking.org/index.php?showtopic={SQL}
		http://kiss2wat.co.nr/index.php?showtopic={SQL}
		http://www.javelin70.com/index.php?showtopic={SQL}

Dork:
                               "Powered by Forumer & IPB"
... or 

<div class="footer-copyright">
        	Powered by <span class="footlink"><a href="http://www.forumer.com">Forumer</a></span> & 
<span class="footlink"><a href="%20http://www.invisionboard.com%20" target="_new" rel="nofollow">IPB</a></span> 
© 2003-2011. All Rights Reserved.


Security Risk:
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The security risk of the sql injection vulnerability is estimated as high.


Credits & Authors:
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Author: linc0ln.dll
Website: http://linc0ln.pl

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