CVE-2006-1683
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 admin/login.php in Chipmunk Guestbook allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands and bypass login authentication via the User name.
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 admin/login.php authentication mechanism of Chipmunk Guestbook allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary SQL commands through the username field, potentially enabling complete authentication bypass and unauthorized administrative access to the guestbook system.
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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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Confirm Chipmunk Guestbook installationSearch the web server for files named 'guestbook.php', 'index.php', or directories containing 'chipmunk' in the filename. Check for a 'chipmunk_guestbook' database if database access is available.Affected if Chipmunk Guestbook software is found installed on the server
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Locate the admin login scriptCheck for the presence of 'admin/login.php' within the guestbook installation directory. Common paths include /guestbook/admin/login.php or /chipmunk_guestbook/admin/login.php.Affected if The file admin/login.php exists in the guestbook installation
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Verify admin interface is accessibleAttempt to access the admin login page via HTTP/HTTPS (e.g., navigate to the URL path /admin/login.php). Confirm the page loads and presents a username/password form.Affected if The admin login page is reachable over the network without authentication
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Inspect login.php for vulnerable SQL constructionIf code access is available, examine admin/login.php for dynamic SQL queries using username input without parameterized queries. Look for patterns like 'SELECT...WHERE username=' . $username without prepared statements.Affected if The login.php code constructs SQL queries by concatenating user input directly into the query string
A user is affected if Chipmunk Guestbook is installed and the admin/login.php script is accessible, as all versions contain the SQL injection vulnerability in the authentication mechanism.
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 dataReplace dynamic SQL queries with parameterized queries/prepared statements in the login authentication logic and implement proper input validation on all user-supplied fields before database interaction.
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