Joomla! filter SQL injection

joomla-filter-sql-injection (36423) The risk level is classified as MediumMedium 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.

Platforms Affected:

  • Joomla!, Joomla! 1.5.0 Beta1
  • Joomla!, Joomla! 1.5.0 Beta2
  • Joomla!, Joomla! 1.5.0 RC1

Remedy:

Upgrade to the latest version of Joomla! (1.5 RC2 or later), available from the Joomla! Web site. See References.

Consequences:

Data Manipulation

References:

  • Joomla! Web site, Joomla! - Joomla! 1.5 RC2 Endeleo Released - Happy Birthday Joomla! at http://www.joomla.org/.
  • 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.

Reported:

Sep 01, 2007

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