Joomla! filter SQL injection
| joomla-filter-sql-injection (36423) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
Joomla! is vulnerable to SQL injection. A remote attacker could send specially-crafted SQL statements to the archive.php, category.php, or section.php script using the filter parameter, which could allow the attacker to view, add, modify or delete information in the back-end database.
*CVSS:
| Base Score: | 7.5 |
| Access Vector: | Network |
| Access Complexity: | Low |
| Authentication: | None |
| Confidentiality Impact: | Partial |
| Integrity Impact: | Partial |
| Availability Impact: | Partial |
| Temporal Score: | 6.5 |
| Exploitability: | High |
| Remediation Level: | Official-Fix |
| Report Confidence: | Confirmed |
Consequences:
Data Manipulation
Remedy:
Upgrade to the latest version of Joomla! (1.5 RC2 or later), available from the Joomla! Web site. See References.
References:
- Joomla! Web site: Joomla! - Joomla! 1.5 RC2 Endeleo Released - Happy Birthday Joomla!.
- BID-25508: Joomla! 1.5 Multiple Input Validation Vulnerabilities
- CVE-2007-4777: SQL injection vulnerability in Joomla! 1.5 before RC2 (aka Endeleo) allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via unspecified vectors, probably related to the archive section. NOTE: this may be the same as CVE-2007-4778.
- CVE-2007-4778: Multiple SQL injection vulnerabilities in the content component (com_content) in Joomla! 1.5 Beta1, Beta2, and RC1 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the filter parameter in an archive action to (1) archive.php, (2) category.php, or (3) section.php in models/. NOTE: this may be the same as CVE-2007-4777.
Platforms Affected:
- Joomla! Joomla! 1.5.0 Beta1
- Joomla! Joomla! 1.5.0 RC1
- Joomla! Joomla! 1.5.0 Beta2
Reported:
Sep 01, 2007
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