ZH2004-05SA (security advisory): Sql Injection Vulnerability in BosDates
ZH2004-05SA (security advisory): Sql Injection Vulnerability in BosDates
Published: 11 february 2004
Released: 11 february 2004
Name: BosDates
Affected Systems: current and prior versions
Issue: Sql Injection Vulnerability
Author: G00db0y from Zone-h Security Labs - zetalabs@xxxxxxxxxx
Vendor: http://www.bosdev.com
Description
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Zone-h Security Team has discovered a flaw in BosDates. There is a
vulnerability in the current version (and also in prior versions) of BosDates
that allows an attacker to disclose sensitive information that could be used to
gain unauthorized access.
"BosDates is hands-down the MOST feature packed calendar on the market today.
The BosDates calendar system is the best full featured calendar system on the
market today at half the price of our competitors!"
Details
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The problems exist due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data. A
remote attacker may exploit this issue to influence SQL query logic to disclose
sensitive information that could be used to gain unauthorized access.
For example try this:
http://www.site.com/directory/calendar_download.php?calendar=[query]
Solution:
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The vendor has been contacted and a patch was produced.
Original advisory:
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http://www.zone-h.org/en/advisories/read/id=3925/
G00db0y from Zone-h Security Labs - zetalabs@xxxxxxxxxx