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TITLE:
ViArt Shop "category_id" SQL Injection Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA31275

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/31275/

CRITICAL:
Moderately critical

IMPACT:
Manipulation of data, Exposure of sensitive information

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
ViArt Shop 3.x
http://secunia.com/product/16049/

DESCRIPTION:
James Bercegay has reported a vulnerability in ViArt Shop, which can
be exploited by malicious people to conduct SQL injection attacks.

Input passed to the "category_id" parameter in products_rss.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 allows e.g. retrieval of administrator
usernames and passwords.

The vulnerability is reported in version 3.5. Other versions may also
be affected.

SOLUTION:
Apply the vendor's official patch:
http://www.viart.com/another_critical_sql_injection_security_fix_for_version_3_5.html

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
James Bercegay, GulfTech Security Research Team

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.gulftech.org/?node=research&article_id=00118-07292008

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