SimpGB guestbook.php quote Parameter SQL Injection

high Nessus Plugin ID 17328

Synopsis

The remote web server contains a PHP application that is vulnerable to a SQL injection attack.

Description

The remote host is running SimpGB, a web-based guestbook application written in PHP.

The version of SimpGB installed on the remote host fails to sanitize user input to the 'quote' parameter of the 'guestbook.php' script before using it in SQL queries. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can leverage this issue to manipulate database queries to read or write confidential data as well as potentially execute arbitrary commands on the remote web server.

Solution

Unknown at this time.

See Also

https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2005/Mar/243

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 17328

File Name: simpgb_sql.nasl

Version: 1.19

Type: remote

Family: CGI abuses

Published: 3/15/2005

Updated: 4/7/2022

Configuration: Enable thorough checks

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Information

Required KB Items: www/PHP

Excluded KB Items: Settings/disable_cgi_scanning

Exploit Ease: No exploit is required

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/13/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-0786

BID: 12801