HTB22921: SQL Injection in Viscacha

[advisory () htbridge ch]

Vulnerability ID: HTB22921
Reference: http://www.htbridge.ch/advisory/sql_injection_in_viscacha.html
Product: Viscacha
Vendor: MaMo Net ( http://www.viscacha.org ) 
Vulnerable Version: 0.8.1
Vendor Notification: 24 March 2011 
Vulnerability Type: SQL Injection
Risk level: High 
Credit: High-Tech Bridge SA - Ethical Hacking & Penetration Testing (http://www.htbridge.ch/) 

Vulnerability Details:
The vulnerability exists due to failure in the "editprofile.php" script to properly sanitize user-supplied input. 
Attacker can alter queries to the application SQL database, execute arbitrary queries to the database, compromise the 
application, access or modify sensitive data, or exploit various vulnerabilities in the underlying SQL database.

Attacker can use browser to exploit this vulnerability. The following PoC is available:

[code]
http://[host]/editprofile.php?action=abos2&digest[1'SQL_CODE_HERE]=1
[/code]