Vulnerability Note VU#282403

AdCycle does not adequately validate user input thereby allowing for SQL injection

Overview

AdCycle does not adequately filter user input, allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary MySQL queries.

I. Description

AdCycle is a shareware banner ad management system written in Perl and designed to work with a MySQL database. AdCycle does not adequately filter multiple unspecified CGI variables before passing them to MySQL queries. As a result, attackers may execute arbitrary queries on the MySQL database.

II. Impact

Remote attackers may read or modify data stored in AdCycle's MySQL database and other databases to which the AdCycle CGI process has access.

III. Solution

The CERT/CC is currently unaware of a practical solution to this problem.

Systems Affected

Vendor	Status	Date Updated
AdCycle	Vulnerable	20-Sep-2002

References

http://www.adcycle.com/
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3741

Credit

Thanks to GOBBLES Security Advisory for reporting this vulnerability.

This document was written by Shawn Van Ittersum.

Other Information

Date Public	12/25/2001
Date First Published	09/24/2002 11:55:35 AM
Date Last Updated	09/24/2002
CERT Advisory
CVE Name
Metric	4.28
Document Revision	5

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