CVE-2006-2879
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 newscomments.php in Alex News-Engine 1.5.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the newsid parameter.
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 Alex News-Engine's newscomments.php allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands through the unsanitized newsid parameter. The application fails to properly validate or parameterize user input before using it in SQL queries, enabling attackers to inject malicious SQL syntax.
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<= 1.5.0CVSS 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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Locate Alex News Engine installationSearch the web server document root for files named 'newscomments.php' or directories containing 'alex', 'news', or 'engine' in their names. Check common web paths such as /var/www/html/, /home/*/public_html/, or C:\inetpub\wwwroot\.Affected if The application file newscomments.php is present on the server and accessible via web requests.
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Determine installed versionOpen any version file in the installation directory (commonly named version.php, version.txt, or readme.txt) or inspect the main index.php for a version string. Compare the found version to the affected range of <= 1.5.0.Affected if The installed version is 1.5.0 or any earlier version.
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Inspect newscomments.php for vulnerable parameter handlingOpen newscomments.php in a text editor and locate the code that handles the 'newsid' parameter (search for $_GET['newsid'] or $_POST['newsid']). Examine whether this parameter is passed directly into an SQL query without sanitization, escaping, or prepared statements.Affected if The newsid parameter is used directly in an SQL query without parameterized binding or input validation functions.
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Verify web accessibility of the vulnerable scriptAttempt to access newscomments.php via HTTP/HTTPS using the application's URL path (example: http://example.com/path/to/newscomments.php). A successful connection confirms the script is web-facing.Affected if The file is accessible over the network and accepts user input through the newsid parameter in the query string.
A system is affected if Alex News Engine version 1.5.0 or earlier is installed, newscomments.php is web-accessible, and the newsid parameter is not sanitized before use in SQL queries.
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 dataUpgrade to a patched version of Alex News-Engine, or implement prepared statements/parameterized queries for the newsid parameter in newscomments.php to prevent SQL injection.
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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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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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