Joomla! Portfol Component 'vcatid' Parameter SQL Injection Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	33218
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Jan 12 2009 12:00AM
Updated:	Jan 13 2009 09:12PM
Credit:	H!tm@N
Vulnerable:	Mivaco Portfol 1.2
Not Vulnerable:

Joomla! Portfol Component 'vcatid' Parameter SQL Injection Vulnerability

The Portfol component for 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.

Portfol 1.2 is vulnerable; other versions may also be affected.

Joomla! Portfol Component 'vcatid' Parameter 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_portfol&Itemid=814&task=viewcategory&vcatid=[SQL]

Joomla! Portfol Component 'vcatid' 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! Portfol Component 'vcatid' Parameter SQL Injection Vulnerability

References:

• Vendor Homepage (Mivaco)