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

Bugtraq ID:	29000
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:	CVE-2008-6653
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	May 01 2008 12:00AM
Updated:	May 07 2015 05:29PM
Credit:	c02
Vulnerable:	Webhosting Komponente fur Jooma Webhosting Component 0
Not Vulnerable:

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

The Webhosting 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 unknown versions of Webhosting Component. We will update this BID as more information emerges.

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

Attackers can use a browser to exploit this issue.

The following exploit is available:

• /data/vulnerabilities/exploits/29000.pl

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

Solution:
Currently we are not aware of any vendor-supplied patches. 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 Webhosting Component 'catid' Parameter SQL Injection Vulnerability

References:

• Mambo Homepage (Mambo)
  
• Webhosting Component Homepage (Webhosting Komponente fur Joomla)