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Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')

CVE-2008-1841

Medium
6.8/10

Summary

SQL injection vulnerability in the session handling functionality in bridge/coppermine.inc.php in Coppermine Photo Gallery (CPG) 1.4.17 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via an input field associated with the session_id variable, as exploited in the wild in April 2008. NOTE: the fix for CVE-2008-1840 was intended to address this vulnerability, but is actually inapplicable.

  • MEDIUM
  • NETWORK
  • NONE
  • PARTIAL
  • PARTIAL
  • PARTIAL

CWE-89 - SQL Injection

Structured Query Language (SQL) injection attacks are one of the most common types of vulnerabilities. They exploit weaknesses in vulnerable applications to gain unauthorized access to backend databases. This often occurs when an attacker enters unexpected SQL syntax in an input field. The resulting SQL statement behaves in the background in an unintended manner, which allows the possibility of unauthorized data retrieval, data modification, execution of database administration operations, and execution of commands on the operating system.

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