Vulnerabilities > CVE-2005-2156 - SQL Injection vulnerability in PHPnews 1.2.5

047910
CVSS 7.5 - HIGH
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
PARTIAL
Integrity impact
PARTIAL
Availability impact
PARTIAL
network
low complexity
phpnews
nessus

Summary

SQL injection vulnerability in news.php in PHPNews 1.2.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the prevnext parameter.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Phpnews
1

Nessus

NASL familyCGI abuses
NASL idPHPNEWS_PREVNEXT_SQL_INJECTION.NASL
descriptionThe remote host is running PHPNews, an open source news application written in PHP. The installed version of PHPNews is prone to a SQL injection attack due to its failure to sanitize user-supplied input via the
last seen2020-06-01
modified2020-06-02
plugin id18621
published2005-07-06
reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2005-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/18621
titlePHPNews news.php prevnext Parameter SQL Injection
code
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#



include("compat.inc");

if (description) {
  script_id(18621);
  script_version("1.19");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2005-2156");
  script_bugtraq_id(14133);

  script_name(english:"PHPNews news.php prevnext Parameter SQL Injection");

 script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote web server contains a PHP script that is prone to a SQL
injection attack." );
 script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The remote host is running PHPNews, an open source news application
written in PHP. 

The installed version of PHPNews is prone to a SQL injection attack
due to its failure to sanitize user-supplied input via the 'prevnext'
parameter of the 'news.php' script.  An attacker can exploit this flaw
to affect database queries, possibly revealing sensitive information,
launching attacks against the underlying database, and the like." );
 script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://newsphp.sourceforge.net/changelog/changelog_1.26.txt" );
 script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Upgrade to PHPNews 1.2.6 or later." );
 script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
 script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:H/RL:OF/RC:C");
 script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No exploit is required");
 script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");
 script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value: "2005/07/06");
 script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value: "2005/07/02");
 script_cvs_date("Date: 2018/07/24 18:56:11");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"remote");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe",value:"cpe:/a:phpnews:phpnews");
script_end_attributes();

 
  summary["english"] = "Checks for prevnext parameter SQL injection vulnerability in PHPNews";
  script_summary(english:summary["english"]);
 
  script_category(ACT_ATTACK);
  script_family(english:"CGI abuses");

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2005-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");

  script_dependencies("http_version.nasl");
  script_exclude_keys("Settings/disable_cgi_scanning");
  script_require_ports("Services/www", 80);
  script_require_keys("www/PHP");
  exit(0);
}


include("global_settings.inc");
include("misc_func.inc");
include("http.inc");


port = get_http_port(default:80, embedded: 0);
if (!can_host_php(port:port)) exit(0);


# Loop through directories.
if (thorough_tests) dirs = list_uniq(make_list("/phpnews", "/news", cgi_dirs()));
else dirs = make_list(cgi_dirs());

foreach dir (dirs) {
  # Try to exploit the flaw.
  r = http_send_recv3(method:"GET", port: port, 
    item:string(
      dir, "/news.php?",
      "prevnext=1'", SCRIPT_NAME));
  if (isnull(r)) exit(0);
  res = r[2];

  # There's a problem if it looks like a MySQL error.
  if ("mysql_fetch_assoc(): supplied argument is not a valid MySQL result" >< res){
    security_hole(port);
    set_kb_item(name: 'www/'+port+'/SQLInjection', value: TRUE);
    exit(0);
  }
}