# CVE-2005-0475: SQL injection in n/a

> Remote attackers can execute arbitrary SQL commands via multiple parameters in paFAQ, potentially compromising database integrity and confidentiality.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.4 (`AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 19 Feb 2005
- **Updated:** 7 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-r2c3-vwq2-cqcg

## What is CVE-2005-0475?

CVE-2005-0475 is a medium-severity SQL injection vulnerability in n/a, published on 19 Feb 2005. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

SQL injection vulnerability in paFAQ Beta4, and possibly other versions, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL code via the (1) offset, (2) limit, (3) order, or (4) orderby parameter to question.php, (5) offset parameter to answer.php, (6) search_item parameter to search.php, (7) cat_id, (8) cid, or (9) id parameter to comment.php.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2005-0475?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Php Arena Pafaq.

## How do I fix CVE-2005-0475?

No fix has been published for CVE-2005-0475 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2005-0475 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2005-0475 exists.

Public exploit code:

- paFaq beta4 - 'question.php' Multiple SQL Injections (exploitdb)
- paFaq beta4 - 'answer.php?offset' SQL Injection (exploitdb)
- paFaq beta4 - 'search.php?search_item' SQL Injection (exploitdb)
- paFaq beta4 - 'comment.php' Multiple SQL Injections (exploitdb)

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2005-2012](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2005-2012/): SQL injection in n/a (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2005-2013](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2005-2013/): Information disclosure in n/a (medium 5.0)
- [CVE-2005-2014](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2005-2014/): File upload in n/a (medium 4.6)
- [CVE-2005-2011](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2005-2011/): Cross-site scripting in n/a (medium 4.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2005-0475 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2005-0475 is a medium-severity SQL injection vulnerability in n/a, published on 19 Feb 2005. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2005-0475 exists.

Affected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2005-0475/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2005-0475/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2005-0475
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-0475
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2005-0475

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Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.