Secunia Security Advisory - KiNgOfThEwOrLd has reported some vulnerabilities in the Multi-Forums module for phpBB, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct SQL injection attacks.
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TITLE:
Multi-Forums Multiple SQL Injection Vulnerabilities
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA27406
VERIFY ADVISORY:
https://secunia.com/advisories/27406/
CRITICAL:
Moderately critical
IMPACT:
Manipulation of data
WHERE:
>From remote
SOFTWARE:
Multi-Forums 1.x (module for phpBB)
https://secunia.com/product/16339/
DESCRIPTION:
KiNgOfThEwOrLd has reported some vulnerabilities in the Multi-Forums
module for phpBB, which can be exploited by malicious people to
conduct SQL injection attacks.
Input passed to the "go" and "cat" parameters in directory.php is not
properly sanitised before being used in SQL queries. This can be
exploited to manipulate SQL queries by injecting arbitrary SQL code.
The vulnerabilities are reported in version 1.3.3. Other versions may
also be affected.
SOLUTION:
Edit the source code to ensure that input is properly sanitised.
PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
KiNgOfThEwOrLd
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
https://www.inj3ct-it.org/exploit/Multi_Host.txt
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