eWriting module for Mambo and Joomla! cat parameter SQL injection

ewriting-cat-sql-injection (41072) The risk level is classified as MediumMedium Risk

Description:

eWriting module for Mambo and Joomla! is vulnerable to SQL injection. A remote attacker could send specially-crafted SQL statements to the index.php script using the cat parameter, which could allow the attacker to view, add, modify or delete information in the back-end database.

Platforms Affected:

  • eWriting, eWriting 1.2.1

Remedy:

No remedy available as of August 23, 2008.

Consequences:

Data Manipulation

References:

  • eWriting Web site, eWriting & Other Stuffs at http://ewriting.com.ar/.
  • BID-28179: Joomla! and Mambo 'com_ewriting' Component 'Itemid' Parameter SQL Injection Vulnerability
  • CVE-2008-1297: SQL injection vulnerability in index.php in the eWriting (com_ewriting) 1.2.1 module for Mambo and Joomla! allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the cat parameter in a selectcat action.
  • SA29292: Joomla! eWriting Component "cat" SQL Injection

Reported:

Mar 10, 2008

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