Stylemotion WEB//NEWS 1.4 - 'startup.php' Cookie SQL Injection

Author: onkel_fisch
type: webapps
platform: php
port: 0
date_added: 2005-09-08
date_updated: 2013-06-16
verified: 1
codes: CVE-2005-2896;OSVDB-19230
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source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14776/info

WEB//NEWS is prone to multiple SQL injection vulnerabilities. These issues are due to a failure in the application 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.

The following is sufficient to supply to 'modules/startup.php' to authenticate:
wn_userid=1; wn_userpw=0' OR '1'='1