SB2017030608 - SQL injection in Guesser for Joomla!
Published: March 6, 2017
Security Bulletin ID
SB2017030608
CSH Severity
High
Patch available
NO
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Data manipulation
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.
1) SQL injection (CVE-ID: N/A)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary SQL queries in web application database.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data passed via "type" HTTP GET parameter to "/guessers". A remote attacker can send a specially crafted HTTP GET request to vulnerable script and execute arbitrary SQL queries in web application database.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may allow an attacker to gain complete control over affected website.
PoC-code
http://[host]/guessers?type=[SQL]
Remediation
Cybersecurity Help is not aware of any official remediation provided by the vendor.