RETIRED: iJoomla News Portal Component 'Itemid' Parameter SQL Injection Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	29604
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Jun 09 2008 12:00AM
Updated:	Mar 27 2009 07:46PM
Credit:	iLker Kandemir a.k.a MEFISTO
Vulnerable:	iJoomla News Portal 1.0
Not Vulnerable:

RETIRED: iJoomla News Portal Component 'Itemid' Parameter SQL Injection Vulnerability

iJoomla News Portal 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.

iJoomla News Portal 1.0 is vulnerable; other versions may also be affected.

UPDATE (March 27, 2009): The vendor indicates that this issue is not exploitable as described; the BID is being retired.

RETIRED: iJoomla News Portal Component 'Itemid' Parameter SQL Injection Vulnerability

Attackers can use a browser to exploit this issue.

The following exploit code is available:

• /data/vulnerabilities/exploits/29604.pl

RETIRED: iJoomla News Portal Component 'Itemid' 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].

RETIRED: iJoomla News Portal Component 'Itemid' Parameter SQL Injection Vulnerability

References:

• Vendor Homepage (iJoomla)