CVE-2006-1853
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 · uneditedMultiple SQL injection vulnerabilities in ModernBill 4.3.2 and earlier allow remote attackers or administrators to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the (1) id parameter in (a) user.php, or (2) where and (3) order parameters to (b) admin.php.
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 vulnerabilities in ModernBill 4.3.2 and earlier allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the id parameter in user.php and the where/order parameters in admin.php. This could enable data exfiltration, modification, or privilege escalation through unsanitized user input being incorporated into database queries.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
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<= 4.3.2CVSS 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
- Single
- Confidentiality
- Partial
- Integrity
- Partial
- Availability
- Partial
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/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 ModernBill installationLocate ModernBill by searching for typical installation paths such as /var/www/html/, /home/*/public_html/, or checking for files named 'modernbill', 'db_config.php', or 'config.php' that contain 'ModernBill' or 'ModernGigabyte' strings.Affected if ModernBill software is found on the system.
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Identify ModernBill versionCheck the version number by examining version.php, version.txt, or the header/comment sections of core PHP files in the ModernBill installation directory. Compare the discovered version against the affected range of 4.3.2 and earlier.Affected if The installed version is 4.3.2 or any earlier version.
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Verify user.php script presenceLocate the user.php file within the ModernBill installation directory, typically found in the main ModernBill folder or a 'user' subdirectory.Affected if The user.php script exists and is accessible via the web server.
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Verify admin.php script presenceLocate the admin.php file within the ModernBill installation directory, typically found in the main ModernBill folder or an 'admin' subdirectory.Affected if The admin.php script exists and is accessible via the web server.
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Inspect vulnerable parameter exposureExamine the source code of user.php and admin.php to determine whether the 'id' parameter (in user.php) and 'where'/'order' parameters (in admin.php) are used in database query construction without parameterized queries or input sanitization.Affected if The affected parameters are processed without prepared statements or input validation, allowing unsanitized user input to reach the database layer.
A user is affected if ModernBill version 4.3.2 or earlier is installed and the vulnerable user.php and admin.php scripts are accessible with unmitigated SQL injection points in the id, where, or order parameters.
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 (prepared statements) for all database operations using the affected parameters (id, where, order). Apply input validation and output encoding as defense-in-depth measures.
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2006-1853 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
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- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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