Secunia Security Advisory - Chironex Fleckeri has discovered a vulnerability in Zix Forum, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct SQL injection attacks.
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TITLE:
Zix Forum "RepId" SQL Injection Vulnerability
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA21766
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/21766/
CRITICAL:
Moderately critical
IMPACT:
Manipulation of data
WHERE:
>From remote
SOFTWARE:
Zix Forum 1.x
http://secunia.com/product/10056/
DESCRIPTION:
Chironex Fleckeri has discovered a vulnerability in Zix Forum, which
can be exploited by malicious people to conduct SQL injection
attacks.
Input passed to the "RepId" parameter in ReplyNew.asp 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 confirmed in version 1.12. Other versions
may also be affected.
SOLUTION:
Edit the source code to ensure that input is properly sanitised.
PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Chironex Fleckeri
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