Mambo Open Source Multiple SQL Injection Vulnerabilities

BID:16775

Info

Mambo Open Source Multiple SQL Injection Vulnerabilities

Bugtraq ID: 16775
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE: CVE-2006-1794
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Feb 21 2006 12:00AM
Updated: Mar 19 2015 09:29AM
Credit: Discovered by GulfTech Research And Development.
Vulnerable: Mambo Mambo Open Source 4.5.3
Mambo Mambo Open Source 4.5.2 .3
Mambo Mambo Open Source 4.5.2 .2
Mambo Mambo Open Source 4.5.2 .1
Mambo Mambo Open Source 4.5.2
Mambo Mambo Open Source 4.5.1 (1.0.9)
Mambo Mambo Open Source 4.5.1 Beta 2
Mambo Mambo Open Source 4.5.1 Beta
Mambo Mambo Open Source 4.5.1
Mambo Mambo Open Source 4.5 (1.0.3beta)
Mambo Mambo Open Source 4.5 (1.0.3)
Mambo Mambo Open Source 4.5 (1.0.2)
Mambo Mambo Open Source 4.5 (1.0.1)
Mambo Mambo Open Source 4.5 (1.0.0)
Mambo Mambo Open Source 4.0.14
Mambo Mambo Open Source 4.5.3h
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Mambo Open Source Multiple SQL Injection Vulnerabilities

Mambo is prone to multiple SQL-injection vulnerabilities. These issues are due to a failure in the application to properly sanitize user-supplied input before using it in SQL queries.

Successful exploitation could allow an attacker to compromise the application, access or modify data, or exploit vulnerabilities in the underlying database implementation.

Exploit / POC

Mambo Open Source Multiple SQL Injection Vulnerabilities

These issues can be exploited with a web client.

The following proof of concept URI is available:
http://www.example.com/mambo/index2.php?option=com_content&task=-99'%20UNION%20SELECT%201%20FROM%20mos_users%20WHERE%20username='admin'%20AND%20MID(password,1,1)='2'/*&id=24&Itemid=0

Solution / Fix

Mambo Open Source Multiple SQL Injection Vulnerabilities

Solution:

The vendor has released patches for versions 4.5.3 and 4.5.3h to address this issue.


Mambo Mambo Open Source 4.5.3h

Mambo Mambo Open Source 4.5.3

References

Mambo Open Source Multiple SQL Injection Vulnerabilities

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