TITLE:
PHPNews "mid" Parameter SQL Injection Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA13300

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/13300/

CRITICAL:
Moderately critical

IMPACT:
Manipulation of data

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
PHPNews 1.x
http://secunia.com/product/4313/

DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in PHPNews, which can be exploited
by malicious people to conduct SQL injection attacks.

Input passed to the "mid" parameter in "sendtofriend.php" is not
properly sanitised before being used in a SQL query. This can be
exploited to manipulate SQL queries by injecting arbitrary SQL code.

The vulnerability has been reported in version 1.2.3. Other versions
may also be affected.

SOLUTION:
Update to version 1.2.4.
http://newsphp.sourceforge.net/downloads.php

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Reported by vendor.

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