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TITLE:
HC Newssystem "ID" SQL Injection Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA24477

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/24477/

CRITICAL:
Moderately critical

IMPACT:
Manipulation of data, Exposure of sensitive information

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
HC Newssystem 1.x
http://secunia.com/product/13638/

DESCRIPTION:
UniquE-Key{UniquE-Cracker} has discovered a vulnerability in HC
Newssystem, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct SQL
injection attacks.

Input passed to the "ID" parameter in index.php (when "option" is set
to "news" and "aktion" to "komm") is not properly sanitised before
being used in SQL queries. This can be exploited to manipulate SQL
queries by injecting arbitrary SQL code.

Successful exploitation allows e.g. retrieval of administrator
usernames and password hashes.

The vulnerability is confirmed in version 1.4. Other versions may
also be affected.

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

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
UniquE-Key{UniquE-Cracker}

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://milw0rm.com/exploits/3449

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