Joomla com_photo - SQL Injection Vulnerability

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Title:
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Joomla com_photo - SQL Injection Vulnerability


Date:
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2012-07-10


References:
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http://www.vulnerability-lab.com/get_content.php?id=654


VL-ID:
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641


Common Vulnerability Scoring System:
====================================
8


Introduction:
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Joomla is a free and open source content management system (CMS) for publishing 
content on the World
Wide Web and intranets and 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.

Joomla had been downloaded 23 million times. Between March 2007 and February 
2011 there had been
more than 21 million downloads. As of November 2011, there are over 8,600 free 
and commercial
extensions available from the official Joomla! Extension Directory and more 
available from other sources.

(Copy of the Vendor Homepage: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joomla)


Abstract:
=========
A Vulnerability-Lab researcher discovered a SQL injection vulnerability in the 
com_photo module of the joomla CMS.


Report-Timeline:
================
2012-07-10:     Public or Non-Public Disclosure


Status:
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Published


Exploitation-Technique:
=======================
Remote


Severity:
=========
Critical


Details:
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A SQL Injection vulnerability is detected in the com_photo module of the joomla 
Content Management System.
Remote attackers & low privileged user accounts can execute/inject own sql 
commands to compromise the application dbms.
The vulnerability is located in the com_photo module with the bound vulnerable 
AlbumId & key parameters. 
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability result in dbms (Server) or 
application (Web) compromise.

Vulnerable Module(s):
                                [+] index.php?option=com_photo

Vulnerable Parameter(s):                
                                [+] AlbumId
                                [+] key


Proof of Concept:
=================
The SQL Injection vulnerabilities can be exploited by remote attackers without 
privileged user account or 
required user inter action. For demonstration or reproduce ...

Path:           /
File:           index.php
Parameter1:     ?AlbumId=[SQL Injection]
Parameter2:     ?key=[SQL Injection]


Reference(s):
http://www.xxx.com.np/index.php?option=com_photo&task=gallery&AlbumId=8[SQL 
Injection]
http://www.xxx.com/index.php?option=com_photo&action=slideview&key=16[SQL 
Injection]


Risk:
=====
The security risk of the SQL injection vulnerability is estimated as critical.


Credits:
========
Vulnerability Research Laboratory -  Chokri Ben Achor 
(meister@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx)


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