[SA21956] Gnuturk Portal "t_id" Parameter SQL Injection Vulnerability

TITLE:
Gnuturk Portal "t_id" Parameter SQL Injection Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA21956

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CRITICAL:
Moderately critical

IMPACT:
Manipulation of data

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
Gnuturk Portal
http://secunia.com/product/11974/

DESCRIPTION:
p2y has reported a vulnerability in Gnuturk Portal, which can be
exploited by malicious people to conduct SQL injection attacks.

Input passed to the "t_id" parameter in mods.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.

Example:
http://[host]/mods.php?go=Forum&p=vtop&t_id=[code]

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

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
p2y

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.gnuturk.com/mods.php?go=Forums&p=vtop&t_id=138

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