Netvolution referer header SQL injection vulnerability
| census ID: | census-2011-0001 |
| CVE ID: | CVE-2011-3340 |
| Affected Products: | Netvolution v2.5.8 (ASP). Other versions may also be vulnerable. |
| Class: | Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command (‘SQL Injection’) (CWE-89) |
| Remote: | Yes |
| Discovered by: | Patroklos Argyroudis |
| Researched and Exploited by: | Dimitris Glynos |
Netvolution v2.5.8 is vulnerable to a blind SQL injection attack in the HTTP “referer” header. A malicious user may utilize this vulnerability to modify content on the vulnerable website, inject malicious javascript code to a visitor’s browser, collect CMS usernames and plaintext passwords and, in some cases, execute commands on the system hosting the database server. This is a critical vulnerability since it does not require authentication and its exploitation may go undetected.
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