Secunia Security Advisory - r0t has reported a vulnerability in AllWeb Search, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct SQL injection attacks.
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TITLE:
AllWeb Search "search" SQL Injection Vulnerability
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA17709
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/17709/
CRITICAL:
Moderately critical
IMPACT:
Manipulation of data
WHERE:
>From remote
SOFTWARE:
AllWeb Search 3.x
http://secunia.com/product/6239/
DESCRIPTION:
r0t has reported a vulnerability in AllWeb Search, which can be
exploited by malicious people to conduct SQL injection attacks.
Input passed to the "search" parameter when performing a search isn't
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 3.0 and prior. Other
versions may also be affected.
SOLUTION:
Edit the source code to ensure that input is properly sanitised.
PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
r0t
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://pridels.blogspot.com/2005/11/allweb-search-sql-inj-vuln.html
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