#VU1433 SQL injection in PJBlog3 - CVE-2009-1481
Published: December 20, 2016 / Updated: March 16, 2017
Vulnerability identifier: #VU1433
Vulnerability risk: High
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:A/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2009-1481
CWE-ID: CWE-89
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
PJBlog3
PJBlog3
Software vendor:
PJHome
PJHome
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to inject SQL commands on the target system.
The weakness exists in the checkAlias action when processing malformed data passed via "cname" parameter. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted HTTP request to vulnerable script and execute arbitrary SQL queries in web application database..
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in compromise of vulnerable system.
Note: this vulnerability was being actively exploited.
The weakness exists in the checkAlias action when processing malformed data passed via "cname" parameter. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted HTTP request to vulnerable script and execute arbitrary SQL queries in web application database..
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in compromise of vulnerable system.
Note: this vulnerability was being actively exploited.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.