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TITLE:
PHP-Nuke "forwhat" SQL Injection Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA22617

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/22617/

CRITICAL:
Moderately critical

IMPACT:
Manipulation of data

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
PHP-Nuke 7.x
http://secunia.com/product/2385/

DESCRIPTION:
Paisterist has discovered a vulnerability in PHP-Nuke, which can be
exploited by malicious people to conduct SQL injection attacks.

Input passed to the "forwhat" parameter in modules/journal/search.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 is confirmed in version 7.9. Other versions may
also be affected.

SOLUTION:
Edit the source code to ensure that input is properly verified.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Paisterist

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.neosecurityteam.net/index.php?action=advisories&id=29

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