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PATCHES FOR KNOWN EXPLOITS IN ADVANCED GUESTBOOK  XML
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yonnermark
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Joined: 01/03/2005 00:47:29
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i made the 2nd and 3rd changes just in case
There's no point me chaning the 1st is there as I have 2.3.1

thanks
mark
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Is there a "final" or complete post with the changes for upgrade of
Advanced Guestbook 2.2 to 2.3.2?
And shouldn't this be an easy Cpanel upgrade instead of altering code?
Thanks.
Carbonize
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If you redownload the files from this site then all exploits, except the possible useragent one.

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Anonymous



If there are so many fixes available, why haven't they been implemented in the official release? Is Advanced Guestbook a dead project now?

Anyone care to make a .zip/.tar available of all the files, fixed, so we can easily upgrade our installations without having to make so many edits?
Carbonize
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The only major exploit is the SQL injection exploit in 2.2 that lets you log in to the admin section. This does not exist in 2.3.1 which is the current version. The Cross Site Scripting exploit in 2.3.1 does exist but requires skill to implement and the people that deface guestbooks using the SQL injection are not real hackers but children who found the exploit on a web page. The cross site scripting exploit was silently patched in December by Chi Kien Uong. Why silently? don't ask me. Advanced Guestbook 2.3.1 has been around for atleast two years now without any sign of an update (except the silent one). I have been working on a project I call The db Guestbook which, at present, is Advanced Guestbook 2.3.1 with a lot of code changes etc. There is a more complete list of changes in the General Discussion forum.

Recently, when I have been bored and going around fixing defaced guestbooks, I have been emailing the webmasters telling them to come here or my forums and fix their guestbooks. A few days ao I started thinking that maybe I should just email them the fixed files to patch the login exploit, XSS exploit and to implement my simple spam filter.

Problem with that is some people get paranoid about strange emails. I know in one case the person posted my email on the Page-Zone Hosting forum asking how I had found their guestbook and if they really had been hacked.

A lot of people seem to have just installed the guestbook and then left it, I don't even think they read it.

Carbonize
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Anonymous



Just thought you might be interested in this. Lots of interesting information on how sites are XSS hacked and cookies are being stolen.

http://www.waraxe.us/forum-5.html

Is any of this a problem with the Guestbook? It seems that Forums and CMS's are being attacked.
Carbonize
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Not with 2.3.2 it shouldn't be.

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Anonymous



You probably have already realized/discovered this, but if you enter ')||('a'='a
in the password field, it will give access to the admin bored.
Sorry in advance if this was already covered with the addslashes patch.
Carbonize
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errrrrrrrr no this was an exploit that only existed in 2.2 and 2.3 for which 2.3.1 was released to patch OVER 2 YEARS AGO!

2.3.4 has no known exploits at present and patches the known XSS exploit and the sad/stupid HTML in the useragent exploit.

Carbonize
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Anonymous



When someone tries to write a message in my guestbook this message appears :
One of the input fields does not seem to be valid.

I am using Advanced Guestbook 2.3.2

www.sykestua.com/gjestebok

Any idea?
Carbonize
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yes download 2.3.4 and replace all your files except admin/config.inc.php

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creiglboyd
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Ok thank you for this is very useful
Przemek
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next update?
Carbonize
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Probably never since there hasn't been one in over a decade.

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Oliver_queen
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