SQL Injection Vulnerability in bfExplorer 0.0.6

Armorize Technologies Security Advisory

Advisory No:
Armorize-ADV-2006-0007

Status:
Partial

Date:
2006/10/31

Summary:
Armorize-ADV-2006-0007 discloses SQL injection vulnerability that is found in bfExplorer (BytesFall Explorer, http://sourceforge.net/projects/bfexplorer), which is is a web-based file manager written in PHP and JavaScript and licensed under the GNU GPL.

Affected Software:
bfExplorer 0.0.6

Vulnerability Description:
SQL Injection

Analysis/Impact:
Unexpected SQL statements may lead to the disclosure of sensitive information and security breach on the host server.

Detection/Exploit(partial):
bfExplorer-0.0.6/libs/sessions.lib.php

Protection/Solution:

1. Escape every questionable query.
2. Utilize prepared statements to create secure database queries.

Credit: Security Team at Armorize Technologies, Inc. ([email protected])

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