OpenBook 1.2.2 - 'admin.php' SQL Injection

Author: SVT
type: webapps
platform: php
port: 
date_added: 2005-08-01 
date_updated: 2013-06-10 
verified: 1 
codes: CVE-2005-2466;OSVDB-18475 
tags: 
aliases:  
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application_url: 

source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14444/info

OpenBook is prone to an SQL injection vulnerability. This issue is due to a failure in the application to properly sanitize user-supplied input before using it in an SQL query.

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.

A proof of concept follows:

User ID: admin
Password: no') or 1/*