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TITLE:
Powie pNews "shownews" SQL Injection Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA30577

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/30577/

CRITICAL:
Moderately critical

IMPACT:
Manipulation of data, Exposure of sensitive information

WHERE:
>From remote

OPERATING SYSTEM:
Powie pNews 2.x
http://secunia.com/product/19002/

DESCRIPTION:
Cr@zy_King has discovered a vulnerability in Powie pNews, which can
be exploited by malicious people to conduct SQL injection attacks.

Input passed to the "shownews" parameter in index.php is not properly
sanitised before being used in an SQL query. This can be exploited to
manipulate SQL queries by injecting arbitrary SQL code.

Successful exploitation requires that "magic_quotes_gpc" is
disabled.

The vulnerability is confirmed in version 2.10 and reported in
version 2.08. Other versions may also be affected.

SOLUTION:
Edit the source code to ensure that input is properly sanitised.

Use another product.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Cr@zy_King

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://milw0rm.com/exploits/5768

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