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TITLE:
Contao "field" SQL Injection Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA49564

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http://secunia.com/advisories/49564/
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https://ca.secunia.com/?page=viewadvisory&vuln_id=49564

RELEASE DATE:
2012-06-14

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DESCRIPTION:
Fabian Mihailowitsch has reported a vulnerability in Contao, which
can be exploited by malicious users to conduct SQL injection
attacks.

Input passed via the "field" parameter to
system/modules/backend/Ajax.php is not properly sanitised before
being used in a SQL query. This can be exploited to manipulate SQL
queries and overwrite certain fields in the database.

The vulnerability is reported in version 2.11.3. Prior versions may
also be affected.

SOLUTION:
Update to version 2.11.4.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Reported by Fabian Mihailowitsch in a bug ticket.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
Contao:
http://www.contao.org/en/changelog/auto_item/changelog/versions/2.11.html
https://github.com/contao/core/issues/4427

OTHER REFERENCES:
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