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

CVE-2016-15013

Medium
5.5/10

Summary

A vulnerability was found in ForumHulp searchresults. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is the function list_keywords of the file event/listener.php. The manipulation of the argument word leads to sql injection. The name of the patch is dd8a312bb285ad9735a8e1da58e9e955837b7322. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. The identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-217628.

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  • ADJACENT_NETWORK
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  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
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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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