Possible SQL injection vulnerability in 2.0.5

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Possible SQL injection vulnerability in 2.0.5

Postby psoTFX » Fri Jun 20, 2003 12:08 pm

We've been informed that a possible SQL injection vulnerability has been released to various lists and sites. The issue is unlikely to affect many users given the requirements that surround it.

The problem is easily fixed, open viewtopic.php and before:
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if ( isset($HTTP_GET_VARS[POST_TOPIC_URL]) )
{
      $topic_id = intval($HTTP_GET_VARS[POST_TOPIC_URL]);
}
else if ( isset($HTTP_GET_VARS['topic']) )
{
      $topic_id = intval($HTTP_GET_VARS['topic']);
}

add:
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$topic_id = $post_id = false;

Scroll down and find:
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$join_sql_table = ( !isset($post_id) ) ? '' : ", " . POSTS_TABLE . " p, " . POSTS_TABLE . " p2 ";
$join_sql = ( !isset($post_id) ) ? "t.topic_id = $topic_id" : "p.post_id = $post_id AND t.topic_id = p.topic_id AND p2.topic_id = p.topic_id AND p2.post_id <= $post_id";
$count_sql = ( !isset($post_id) ) ? '' : ", COUNT(p2.post_id) AS prev_posts";

$order_sql = ( !isset($post_id) ) ? '' : "GROUP BY p.post_id, t.topic_id, t.topic_title, t.topic_status, t.topic_replies, t.topic_time, t.topic_type, t.topic_vote, t.topic_last_post_id, f.forum_name, f.forum_status, f.forum_id, f.auth_view, f.auth_read, f.auth_post, f.auth_reply, f.auth_edit, f.auth_delete, f.auth_sticky, f.auth_announce, f.auth_pollcreate, f.auth_vote, f.auth_attachments ORDER BY p.post_id ASC";

Change that to
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$join_sql_table = ( empty($post_id) ) ? '' : ", " . POSTS_TABLE . " p, " . POSTS_TABLE . " p2 ";
$join_sql = ( empty($post_id) ) ? "t.topic_id = $topic_id" : "p.post_id = $post_id AND t.topic_id = p.topic_id AND p2.topic_id = p.topic_id AND p2.post_id <= $post_id";
$count_sql = ( empty($post_id) ) ? '' : ", COUNT(p2.post_id) AS prev_posts";

$order_sql = ( empty($post_id) ) ? '' : "GROUP BY p.post_id, t.topic_id, t.topic_title, t.topic_status, t.topic_replies, t.topic_time, t.topic_type, t.topic_vote, t.topic_last_post_id, f.forum_name, f.forum_status, f.forum_id, f.auth_view, f.auth_read, f.auth_post, f.auth_reply, f.auth_edit, f.auth_delete, f.auth_sticky, f.auth_announce, f.auth_pollcreate, f.auth_vote, f.auth_attachments ORDER BY p.post_id ASC";



I would like to add that (as now typical ...) we were given practically no time to fix this issue before it appeared on the web.
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