ZH2004-05SA (security advisory): Sql Injection Vulnerability in BosDates

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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 () zone-h org

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 () zone-h org