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Secunia Security Advisory 29876

Secunia Security Advisory 29876
Posted Apr 28, 2008
Authored by Secunia | Site secunia.com

Secunia Security Advisory - Dino Covotsos and Charlton Smith have discovered a vulnerability in the Download Monitor Plugin for WordPress, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct SQL injection attacks.

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Secunia Security Advisory 29876

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2 days left of beta period.

The 1st generation of the Secunia Network Software Inspector (NSI)
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The 2nd generation Secunia NSI is built on the same technology as the
award winning Secunia PSI, which has already been downloaded and
installed on more than 400,000 computers world wide.

Learn more / Download (instant access):
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TITLE:
WordPress Download Monitor Plugin "id" SQL Injection Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA29876

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/29876/

CRITICAL:
Moderately critical

IMPACT:
Manipulation of data, Exposure of sensitive information

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
WordPress Download Monitor Plugin 2.x
http://secunia.com/product/18493/

DESCRIPTION:
Dino Covotsos and Charlton Smith have discovered a vulnerability in
the Download Monitor Plugin for WordPress, which can be exploited by
malicious people to conduct SQL injection attacks.

Input passed to the "id" parameter in
wp-download_monitor/download.php is not properly sanitised before
being used in SQL queries. This can be exploited to manipulate SQL
queries by injecting arbitrary SQL code.

The vulnerability is confirmed in version 2.0.6. Other versions may
also be affected.

SOLUTION:
Update to version 2.0.8.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Dino Covotsos and Charlton Smith of Telspace Systems Research Team

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About:
This Advisory was delivered by Secunia as a free service to help
everybody keeping their systems up to date against the latest
vulnerabilities.

Subscribe:
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http://secunia.com/about_secunia_advisories/


Please Note:
Secunia recommends that you verify all advisories you receive by
clicking the link.
Secunia NEVER sends attached files with advisories.
Secunia does not advise people to install third party patches, only
use those supplied by the vendor.

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