Aurora WebOPAC SQL Injection - Security Advisory - SOS-12-004

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Sense of Security - Security Advisory - SOS-12-004

Release Date.                   12-Mar-2012
Last Update.                    -
Vendor Notification Date.       24-Nov-2011
Product.                        Aurora WebOPAC
Platform.                       Independent
Affected versions.              3.5.0e, 3.4.6a, 3.5.3, 3.5.0i,
                               3.4.7b, 3.5.2.2, 3.4.7b,
                               possibly others
Severity Rating.                High
Impact.                         Exposure of sensitive information
Attack Vector.                  From remote without authentication
Solution Status.                Vendor patch
CVE reference.                  CVE - not yet assigned


Details.
Aurora WebOPAC is an online library system which allows users to 
perform tasks, such as reservations, renewal of books, search the 
catalogue, etc. 
During an application penetration test Sense of Security identified
that Aurora WebOPAC suffers from SQL injection vulnerabilities in 
MemberDetailsRecovery.aspx, as it fails to validate data supplied in
the 'txtEmailAliasBarcode' variable before being used in a SQL query.

Solution.
The vendor has advised that Patch R.3.5.3 is available, and should be 
applied to fix the issue.

Discovered by.
Niket Khosla from Sense of Security Labs.

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