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TITLE:
how2ASP Webboard "qNo" SQL Injection Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA30295

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/30295/

CRITICAL:
Moderately critical

IMPACT:
Manipulation of data

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
how2ASP Webboard 4.x
http://secunia.com/product/18724/

DESCRIPTION:
CWH Underground has discovered a vulnerability in how2ASP Webboard,
which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct SQL injection
attacks.

Input passed to the "qNo" parameter in showQAnswer.asp and
potentially other pages is not properly sanitised before being used
in SQL queries. This can be exploited to manipulate SQL queries by
injecting arbitrary SQL code.

The vulnerability is confirmed in version 4.1. Other versions may
also be affected.

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

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
CWH Underground

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://milw0rm.com/exploits/5638

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