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Arcadem "articlecat" SQL Injection Vulnerability
Secunia Advisory: SA31975
Release Date: 2008-09-23
Popularity: 823 views

Critical:
Moderately critical
Impact: Manipulation of data
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

Software:Arcadem 2.x

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Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in Arcadem, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct SQL injection attacks.

Input passed to the "articlecat" parameter in index.php is not properly sanitised before being used in an SQL query. This can be exploited to manipulate SQL queries by injecting arbitrary SQL code.

The vulnerability affects Arcadem Pro versions 2.700 through 2.802.

Solution:
Update to version 2.803.

Provided and/or discovered by:
Hussin X

Original Advisory:
Agares Media:
https://secure.agaresmedia.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=2032

Hussin X:
http://packetstorm.linuxsecurity.com/0809-exploits/arcadempro-sql.txt


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