[SA19255] OxyNews "oxynews_comment_id" SQL Injection Vulnerability

TITLE:
OxyNews "oxynews_comment_id" SQL Injection Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA19255

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/19255/

CRITICAL:
Moderately critical

IMPACT:
Manipulation of data

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
OxyNews
http://secunia.com/product/8766/

DESCRIPTION:
R00t3RR0R has reported a vulnerability in OxyNews, which can be
exploited by malicious people to conduct SQL injection attacks.

Input passed to the "oxynews_comment_id" parameter in "index.php"
isn't properly sanitised before being used in a SQL query. This can
be exploited to manipulate SQL queries by injecting arbitrary SQL
code.

SOLUTION:
Edit the source code to ensure that input is properly sanitised.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
R00t3RR0R

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://biyosecurity.be/bugs/oxynews.txt

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