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AdCycle does not adequately validate user input thereby allowing for SQL injection

Vulnerability Note VU#282403

Original Release Date: 2002-09-24 | Last Revised: 2002-09-24

Overview

AdCycle does not adequately filter user input, allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary MySQL queries.

Description

AdCycle is a shareware banner ad management system written in Perl and designed to work with a MySQL database. AdCycle does not adequately filter multiple unspecified CGI variables before passing them to MySQL queries. As a result, attackers may execute arbitrary queries on the MySQL database.

Impact

Remote attackers may read or modify data stored in AdCycle's MySQL database and other databases to which the AdCycle CGI process has access.

Solution

The CERT/CC is currently unaware of a practical solution to this problem.

Vendor Information

282403
 

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Acknowledgements

Thanks to GOBBLES Security Advisory for reporting this vulnerability.

This document was written by Shawn Van Ittersum.

Other Information

CVE IDs: CVE-2001-1226
Severity Metric: 4.28
Date Public: 2001-12-25
Date First Published: 2002-09-24
Date Last Updated: 2002-09-24 15:55 UTC
Document Revision: 7

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