CVE Catalog

CVE-2005-4159

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

SQL injection vulnerability in Memberlist.php in Simple Machines Forum (SMF) 1.1 rc1 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the start parameter. Note: this issue has been disputed by the vendor and third parties, stating that only one character can be modified, which does not lead to SQL injection but only to an invalid SQL syntax error.

Risk Assessment

The risk for the organization is low, as according to the vendor, an attacker can only modify one character, which prevents executing malicious SQL commands. However, a potential SQL syntax error may cause incorrect application behavior.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update to the latest version of SMF, which includes security fixes. If an update is not possible, carefully validate and sanitize the start parameter in Memberlist.php.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

NOTE: this issue has been disputed by the vendor and third parties. SQL injection vulnerability in Memberlist.php in Simple Machines Forum (SMF) 1.1 rc1 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the start parameter. NOTE: the vendor says that since only one character can be modified, there is no SQL injection. Thus this might be an "invalid SQL syntax error." Multiple followups support the vendor

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