Invision Power Board < 2.3.6 index.php name Parameter SQL Injection

high Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 4686

Synopsis

The remote host is vulnerable to a SQL injection attack.

Description

The remote host is running Invision Board, a CGI suite designed to set up a bulletin board system on the remote web server. This version of Invision Board is vulnerable to a SQL injection attack due to a lack of parsing on the 'name' parameter of the index.php script. An attacker exploiting this flaw would be able to execute arbitrary commands against the remote database server.

Solution

Upgrade or patch according to vendor recommendations.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 4686

Family: CGI

Published: 9/22/2008

Updated: 3/6/2019

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.8

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 7.1

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.3

Temporal Score: 7.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:F/RL:U/RC:X

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:invisionpower:invision_power_board

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-4171

BID: 31288

Detections

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