vendor:
AlphaIndex Dictionaries
by:
Ihsan Sencan
9.8
CVSS
CRITICAL
SQL Injection
89
CWE
Product Name: AlphaIndex Dictionaries
Affected Version From: 1.0
Affected Version To: 1.0
Patch Exists: YES
Related CWE: CVE-2018-17397
CPE: a:multiplanet:alphaindex_dictionaries:1.0
Metasploit:
N/A
Other Scripts:
N/A
Platforms Tested: WiN7_x64/KaLiLinuX_x64
2018
Joomla! Component AlphaIndex Dictionaries 1.0 – SQL Injection
A SQL injection vulnerability exists in Joomla! Component AlphaIndex Dictionaries 1.0. An attacker can send a specially crafted HTTP POST request to the vulnerable application in order to execute arbitrary SQL commands in the back-end database. This can be exploited to manipulate SQL queries by injecting arbitrary SQL code in the 'letter' parameter of the 'index.php?option=com_aindexdictionaries&task=getArticlesPreview' POST request.
Mitigation:
The vendor has released an update to address this vulnerability. Users are advised to update to the latest version.
