CVE-2006-0221
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedSQL injection vulnerability in index.asp in the Admin Panel in Dragon Design Services Network (DDSN) cm3 content manager (CM3CMS) allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the (1) username or (2) password.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidenceSQL injection vulnerability in the index.asp login page of the CM3CMS admin panel allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary SQL commands through the username and password parameters. The application fails to properly sanitize user input before incorporating it into SQL queries, enabling attackers to manipulate database queries and potentially extract, modify, or delete data.
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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE dataall versionsCVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Authentication
- None
- Confidentiality
- Partial
- Integrity
- Partial
- Availability
- Partial
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Identify CM3CMS installationSearch the web root directory for CM3CMS files or check for the presence of the 'cm3cms' directory structure. Common paths include /admin/, /cm3cms/, or subdirectories containing 'index.asp' and CMS-related files.Affected if The Ddsn Cm3cms application is present on the server.
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Locate the admin login pageLook for 'index.asp' in paths such as /admin/, /admin/login/, or /cm3cms/ directories. The vulnerability exists in the login page accessible via these admin paths.Affected if The index.asp login page exists in the CM3CMS admin directory.
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Verify login page accepts user inputAccess the login page and inspect whether it contains form fields for username and password parameters that are submitted to the server.Affected if The login page contains username and password input fields that are submitted via GET or POST requests.
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Check for SQL injection sinkReview the index.asp source code or application logs to determine if username and password parameters are directly concatenated into SQL queries without parameterized queries, prepared statements, or input sanitization.Affected if User input from username/password fields is used directly in SQL queries without sanitization or parameterized queries.
A system is affected if it runs Ddsn Cm3cms with the admin login page (index.asp) that handles username and password without proper SQL injection protection.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataImplement parameterized queries or prepared statements for all database operations in the login functionality. Additionally, apply strict input validation on username and password fields to reject special SQL characters.
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