CVE-2006-2157
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 gallery.php in Plogger Beta 2.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the id parameter, when the level is set to "slideshow". NOTE: This is a different vulnerability than CVE-2005-4246.
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 Plogger Beta 2.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the id parameter in gallery.php when the level parameter is set to 'slideshow'. The application fails to properly sanitize user input before using it in SQL 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= 2.1CVSS 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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Determine Plogger installation versionLocate the Plocker installation directory and check for version information in any version file, README, or footer/include files that may contain version metadataAffected if Installed version is 2.1 or any earlier version of Plogger Beta
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Locate gallery.php fileSearch the web root for gallery.php - typically found in the main Plogger installation directoryAffected if gallery.php exists in the Plogger installation
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Verify slideshow functionality is accessibleCheck if the web application exposes the slideshow feature by attempting to access gallery.php with level=slideshow parameter, or inspect the code for slideshow mode handlingAffected if The slideshow mode (level=slideshow) is accessible and processed by gallery.php
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Inspect id parameter handling in slideshow modeReview the source code of gallery.php around where the id parameter is used in SQL queries when level is set to slideshow - look for unsanitized concatenation of the id parameter into SQL statementsAffected if The id parameter is directly used in SQL queries without proper sanitization or prepared statements when slideshow mode is active
You are affected if you are running Plogger Beta 2.1 or earlier AND the gallery.php file with slideshow mode (level=slideshow) is accessible, as this allows SQL injection via the unsanitized id parameter
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 prepared statements/parameterized queries to safely handle the id parameter, or apply proper input validation and escaping before using it in SQL queries. Restrict database user permissions to the minimum required for the application.
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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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