CVE-2010-4500
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 contact.php in MRCGIGUY (MCG) FreeTicket 1.0.0, when magic_quotes_gpc is disabled, allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the (1) name, (2) email, (3) subject, and (4) message parameters in a sendmess action. NOTE: the provenance of this information is unknown; the details are obtained solely from third party information.
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 · moderate confidenceMultiple SQL injection vulnerabilities exist in contact.php of MRCGIGUY FreeTicket 1.0.0. When magic_quotes_gpc is disabled, remote attackers can inject arbitrary SQL commands through the name, email, subject, and message parameters via the sendmess action. This allows complete database compromise including data exfiltration or modification.
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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= 1.0.0CVSS 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
- M
- Authentication
- None
- Confidentiality
- Partial
- Integrity
- Partial
- Availability
- Partial
AV:N/AC:M/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 the FreeTicket installationSearch for contact.php in the web root directory and verify it belongs to MRCGIGUY FreeTicket by checking for FreeTicket branding or documentation filesAffected if contact.php from FreeTicket 1.0.0 is present on the server
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Confirm the FreeTicket versionCheck version files, headers, or any metadata within the FreeTicket installation directory for version 1.0.0Affected if The installed version is exactly 1.0.0
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Verify contact.php contains the sendmess handlerOpen contact.php and search for code handling the 'sendmess' action or form submissionAffected if The sendmess action handler exists in contact.php
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Check PHP magic_quotes_gpc settingCreate a PHPinfo page or check existing configuration: create a file with '<?php phpinfo(); ?>' and access it, or check the PHP configuration directlyAffected if magic_quotes_gpc is disabled (value shows Off or is not set to 1)
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Inspect SQL query patterns in contact.phpOpen contact.php and examine how user inputs (name, email, subject, message) are incorporated into SQL queries - look for direct string concatenation without escaping or prepared statementsAffected if User-supplied parameters are used directly in SQL queries without parameterization
The environment is affected if FreeTicket 1.0.0 is installed, contact.php handles the sendmess action, and the SQL queries directly incorporate user input without prepared statements (especially when magic_quotes_gpc is disabled).
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 inline SQL queries with prepared statements/parameterized queries for all user-supplied inputs (name, email, subject, message). Additionally, implement proper input validation and enable magic_quotes_gpc as a temporary defense-in-depth measure until code fixes are applied.
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