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TITLE:
Words tag "word" SQL Injection Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA31653

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/31653/

CRITICAL:
Moderately critical

IMPACT:
Manipulation of data

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
Words tag 1.x
http://secunia.com/product/19733/

DESCRIPTION:
Hussin X has reported a vulnerability in Words tag, which can be
exploited by malicious people to conduct SQL injection attacks.

Input passed to the "word" parameter in index.php (when "command" is
set to "claim") 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 reported in version 1.2. Other versions may also
be affected.

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

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Hussin X

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://milw0rm.com/exploits/6336

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