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

CVE-2008-5877

Medium
6.8/10

Summary

Multiple SQL injection vulnerabilities in Phpclanwebsite (aka PCW) 1.23.3 Fix Pack 5 and earlier, when magic_quotes_gpc is disabled, allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the (1) page parameter to index.php, (2) form_id parameter to pcw/processforms.php, (3) pcwlogin and (4) pcw_pass parameters to pcw/setlogin.php, (5) searchvalue parameter to pcw/downloads.php, and the (6) searchvalue and (7) whichfield parameter to pcw/downloads.php, a different vector than CVE-2006-0444.

  • 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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