VirtueMart eCommerce Component for Joomla! SQL Injection Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	46070
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Jan 31 2011 12:00AM
Updated:	Jan 31 2011 12:00AM
Credit:	Andrea Fabrizi
Vulnerable:	VirtueMart Joomla eCommerce Edition 1.1.6
Not Vulnerable:

VirtueMart eCommerce Component for Joomla! SQL Injection Vulnerability

The VirtueMart eCommerce 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.

VirtueMart eCommerce 1.1.6 is vulnerable; other versions may also be affected.

VirtueMart eCommerce Component for Joomla! SQL Injection Vulnerability

Attackers can use a browser to exploit this issue.

The following example URI is available:

http://www.example.com/index.php?category_id=&page=shop.browse&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=1&keyword1=hand&search_op=and&keyword2=&search_limiter=anywhere&search=Search&search_category=3
AND $BLIND_SQL --

VirtueMart eCommerce Component for Joomla! SQL Injection Vulnerability

Solution:
Currently we are not aware of any vendor-supplied patches. If you feel we are in error or are aware of more recent\ information, please mail us at: [email protected].

VirtueMart eCommerce Component for Joomla! SQL Injection Vulnerability

References:

• Joomla! Homepage (Joomla!)
  
• VirtueMart Homepage (VirtueMart)
  
• VirtueMart eCommerce for Joomla <= 1.1.6 Blind SQL Injection (Andrea Fabrizi)