Joomla! 'com_community' Component 'userid' Parameter SQL Injection Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	48983
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Aug 03 2011 12:00AM
Updated:	Aug 03 2011 12:00AM
Credit:	Ne0 H4ck3R
Vulnerable:	Joomla 'com_community' 0
Not Vulnerable:

Joomla! 'com_community' Component 'userid' Parameter SQL Injection Vulnerability

The 'com_community' 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! 'com_community' Component 'userid' 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_community&view=profile&userid=156

Joomla! 'com_community' Component 'userid' Parameter 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].

Joomla! 'com_community' Component 'userid' Parameter SQL Injection Vulnerability

References:

• Joomla! Homepage (Joomla!)