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Fantastic NewsApplication · Fscripts

CVE-2006-0972

MEDIUM · 5.0 CVSS v2.0 Published 2006-03-03
Mitigation only
No fix yet — a mitigation exists. There is no fixed release. A documented workaround reduces exposure in the meantime.
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59/100
Remediation priority · Elevated
Remotely reachable No privileges Zero-click

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 · unedited
SQL injection vulnerability in news.php in Tony Baird Fantastic News 2.1.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the page parameter. NOTE: the category vector is already covered by CVE-2005-3846.

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 confidence

SQL injection vulnerability in news.php of Fantastic News 2.1.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the page parameter. Unsanitized user input is directly used in SQL queries.

MitigationImplement parameterized queries (prepared statements) or proper input validation/sanitization on the page parameter before using it in SQL queries.

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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 data
Fantastic NewsApplication
Affected:= 2.1.1

CVSS 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
None
Availability
None

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

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 checks

Work through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.

  1. Locate Fantastic News installation
    Search web server document root directories for 'fantastic' or 'news.php' files, or look for the typical installation path where this script was deployed.
    Affected if Fantastic News script is found on the server
  2. Identify installed version
    Check for a version file, readme, or the main PHP header comment in news.php that displays or contains the version number.
    Affected if The installed version is exactly 2.1.1
  3. Verify news.php exists and is web-accessible
    Confirm that news.php exists in the web-accessible directory and can be reached via HTTP/HTTPS request.
    Affected if news.php is present and publicly accessible via the web server
  4. Check if page parameter is processed unsafely
    Examine the source code of news.php and locate where the 'page' parameter is used in SQL queries - look for direct insertion into query strings without escaping or parameterization.
    Affected if The 'page' parameter is used directly in SQL queries without sanitization or prepared statements

A user is affected if Fantastic News version 2.1.1 is installed and the news.php file is web-accessible with the vulnerable page parameter handling present in the code.

Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.

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From vendor data
Mitigation available No clean upgrade yet — mitigate in the meantime
Mitigation

Implement parameterized queries (prepared statements) or proper input validation/sanitization on the page parameter before using it in SQL queries.

Fix this in Fantastic News Scoped from the published advisory
  • Consultation2.0 h
  • Implementation2.0 h
  • Testing2.0 h
  • Review / QA1.0 h
7.0 hours of engineering $1,240
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