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MercuryBoard User-Agent SQL Injection

medium Nessus Plugin ID 18541

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Synopsis

The remote web server contains a PHP script that is affected by a SQL injection vulnerability.

Description

The remote host is running MercuryBoard, an open source bulletin board system that uses PHP and MySQL.

The installed version of MercuryBoard fails to remove malicious data from a User-Agent header before using it in a database query, making it prone to SQL injection attacks. An authenticated attacker can exploit this flaw to modify database updates, possibly modifying data and launching attacks against the underlying database.

Solution

Unknown at this time.

See Also

https://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/402929/30/0/

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 18541

File Name: mercuryboard_user_agent_sql_injection.nasl

Version: 1.20

Type: remote

Family: CGI abuses

Published: 6/21/2005

Updated: 1/19/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 6.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:mercuryboard:mercuryboard_message_board

Required KB Items: www/PHP

Excluded KB Items: Settings/disable_cgi_scanning

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/21/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-2028

BID: 14015