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TITLE:
SimpleNews "news_id" SQL Injection Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA25223

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/25223/

CRITICAL:
Moderately critical

IMPACT:
Manipulation of data

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
SimpleNews 1.x
http://secunia.com/product/14204/

DESCRIPTION:
Silentz has discovered a vulnerability in SimpleNews, which can be
exploited by malicious people to conduct SQL injection attacks.

Input passed to the parameter "news_id" in print.php 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 requires that "magic_quotes_gpc" is
disabled.

The vulnerability is confirmed in version 1.0.0. Other versions may
also be affected.

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

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Silentz

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.w4ck1ng.com/exploits/w4ck1ng_simplenews.txt

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