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TITLE:
phpMyFaq "username" SQL Injection Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA14516

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/14516/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
Manipulation of data

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
phpMyFAQ 1.x
http://secunia.com/product/3487/

DESCRIPTION:
Sven Michels has reported a vulnerability in phpMyFaq, which can be
exploited by malicious users to conduct SQL injection attacks.

Input passed to the "username" field in forum messages isn't properly
sanitised before being used in a SQL query. This can be exploited to
manipulate SQL queries by injecting arbitrary SQL code.

The vulnerability has been reported in version 1.4 and 1.5.

SOLUTION:
Update to version 1.4.7.
http://www.phpmyfaq.de/download.php

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Sven Michels, sectoor GmbH

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.phpmyfaq.de/advisory_2005-03-06.php

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