vendor:
Joomla Component Guesser
by:
Ihsan Sencan
7,5
CVSS
HIGH
SQL Injection
89
CWE
Product Name: Joomla Component Guesser
Affected Version From: 1.0.4
Affected Version To: 1.0.4
Patch Exists: NO
Related CWE: N/A
CPE: a:bitsgeo:joomla_component_guesser
Metasploit:
N/A
Other Scripts:
N/A
Tags: N/A
CVSS Metrics: N/A
Nuclei References:
N/A
Nuclei Metadata: N/A
Platforms Tested: Win7 x64, Kali Linux x64
2017
Joomla! Component Guesser v1.0.4 – SQL Injection
An attacker can exploit a SQL injection vulnerability in Joomla! Component Guesser v1.0.4 to gain access to the database. The attacker can send a malicious SQL query to the vulnerable parameter 'type' in the 'guessers' script. This can be done by appending the malicious SQL query to the vulnerable parameter in the following format: http://localhost/[PATH]/guessers?type=[SQL]. The malicious SQL query can be used to extract information from the database, such as usernames and passwords.
Mitigation:
Developers should always use parameterized queries, also known as prepared statements, when interacting with the database. This will ensure that the user input is treated as a string value rather than part of the SQL query.