Joomla! 1.6.0 | SQL Injection Vulnerability

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 Joomla! 1.6.0 | SQL Injection Vulnerability
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1. OVERVIEW

Joomla! 1.6.0 was vulnerable to SQL Injection.


2. BACKGROUND

Joomla is a free and open source content management system (CMS) for
publishing content on the World Wide Web and intranets. It comprises a
model–view–controller (MVC) Web application framework that can also be
used independently.
Joomla is written in PHP, uses object-oriented programming (OOP)
techniques and software design patterns, stores data in a MySQL
database, and includes features such as page caching, RSS feeds,
printable versions of pages, news flashes, blogs, polls, search, and
support for language internationalization.


3. VULNERABILITY DESCRIPTION

Parameters (filter_order, filer_order_Dir) were not properly sanitized
in Joomla! that lead to SQL Injection vulnerability.  This could an
attacker to inject or manipulate SQL queries in the back-end database,
allowing for the manipulation or disclosure of arbitrary data.


4. VERSION AFFECTED

Joomla! 1.6.0


5. PROOF-OF-CONCEPT/EXPLOIT

http://attacker.in/joomla160/index.php/using-joomla/extensions/components/content-component/article-category-list/?filter_order=yehg.net.AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAaAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA,&filter_order_Dir=2&limit=3&limitstart=4


http://attacker.in/joomla160/index.php/using-joomla/extensions/components/content-component/article-category-list/?filter_order=1,&filter_order_Dir=yehg.net.BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB,&limit=3&limitstart=4


This is the exact same variant as shown in Joomla! 1.5.21:
http://yehg.net/lab/pr0js/advisories/joomla/core/[joomla_1.5_21]_sql_injection

We thought Joomla! team would fix this issue in 1.6.0 stable release
whilst they fixed it in Joomla! 1.5.22!


6. SOLUTION

Upgrade to Joomla! 1.6.1 or higher


7. VENDOR

Joomla! Developer Team
http://www.joomla.org


8. CREDIT

This vulnerability was discovered by Aung Khant, http://yehg.net, YGN
Ethical Hacker Group, Myanmar.


9. DISCLOSURE TIME-LINE

2011-01-24: notified vendor
2011-03-08: vendor released fix
2011-03-14: vulnerability disclosed


10. REFERENCES

Vendor Advisory URL:
http://developer.joomla.org/security/news/328-20110201-core-sql-injection-path-disclosure.html
Original Advisory URL:
http://yehg.net/lab/pr0js/advisories/joomla/core/[joomla_1.6.0]_sql_injection
OWASP Top 10: http://www.owasp.org/index.php/Category:OWASP_Top_Ten_Project
CWE-89: http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/89.html


#yehg [2011-03-14]



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