Joomla! BF Quiz Component 'catid' Parameter SQL Injection Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	40435
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	May 29 2010 12:00AM
Updated:	May 29 2010 12:00AM
Credit:	Valentin Hoebel
Vulnerable:	Joomla BF Quiz 1.3
Not Vulnerable:

Joomla! BF Quiz Component 'catid' Parameter SQL Injection Vulnerability

The BF Quiz 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.

Joomla! BF Quiz Component 'catid' Parameter SQL Injection Vulnerability

Attackers can use a browser to exploit this issue.

The following example URI and exploit are available:

http://www.example.com/index.php?option=com_bfquiztrial&view=bfquiztrial&catid=[SQL Injection]&Itemid=62

• /data/vulnerabilities/exploits/40435.py

Joomla! BF Quiz 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! BF Quiz Component 'catid' Parameter SQL Injection Vulnerability

References:

• BD Quiz (Joomla!)
  
• Joomla Component BF Quiz SQL Injection Vulnerability (Valentin)