Secunia Research: TomatoCMS "q" SQL Injection Vulnerability

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                 Secunia Research 10/05/2010

       - TomatoCMS "q" SQL Injection Vulnerability -

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Table of Contents

Affected Software…1
Severity…2
Vendor's Description of Software…3
Description of Vulnerability…4
Solution…5
Time Table…6
Credits…7
References…8
About Secunia…9
Verification…10

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1) Affected Software

• TomatoCMS version 2.0.4.

NOTE: Other versions may also be affected.

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2) Severity

Rating: Moderately critical
Impact: Manipulation of data
Where: From remote

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3) Vendor's Description of Software

"TomatoCMS is an impressive, powerful Content Management System. It's
free and open source licensed under GNU GPL."

Product Link:
http://tomatocms.com/

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4) Description of Vulnerability

Secunia Research has discovered a vulnerability in TomatoCMS, which
can be exploited by malicious people to conduct SQL injection attacks.

Input passed via the "q" parameter to index.php/news/search is not
properly sanitised before being used in SQL queries. This can be
exploited to manipulate SQL queries by injecting arbitrary SQL code.

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5) Solution

Update to version 2.0.5.

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6) Time Table
09/04/2010 - Vendor notified.
11/04/2010 - Vendor response.
04/05/2010 - Vendor releases fixed version.
12/05/2010 - Public disclosure.

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7) Credits

Discovered by Secunia Research.

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8) References

The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) project has not
currently assigned a CVE identifier for the vulnerability.

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10) Verification

Please verify this advisory by visiting the Secunia website:
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2010-56/

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