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TITLE:
Left 4 Dead Stats "steamid" SQL Injection Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA38008

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/38008/

DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been discovered in Left 4 Dead Stats, which can
be exploited by malicious people to conduct SQL injection attacks.

Input passed to the "steamid" parameter in player.php is not properly
sanitised before being used. This can be exploited to manipulate SQL
queries by injecting arbitrary SQL code.

The vulnerability is confirmed in version 1.1. Other versions may
also be affected.

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

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Sora

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://greyhathackers.wordpress.com/2010/01/02/left-4-dead-stats-1-1-sql-injection-vulnerability/

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