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Mambo SQL Injection and File Inclusion Vulnerabilities
Secunia Advisory: SA18935
Release Date: 2006-02-22
Last Update: 2006-07-10
Popularity: 21,518 views

Critical:
Highly critical
Impact: Manipulation of data
System access
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

Software:Mambo 4.x

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Description:
James Bercegay has reported some vulnerabilities in Mambo, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct SQL injection attacks and potentially compromise a vulnerable system.

1) Input passed to the "username" parameter in /includes/mambo.php isn't properly sanitised before being used in an SQL query. This can be exploited to manipulate SQL queries by injecting arbitrary SQL code.

Successful exploitation allows bypassing of authentication but that "magic_quotes_gpc" is disabled. This may be further exploited to login as the admin user to install and execute arbitrary modules.

2) Input passed to the "task" parameter in index2.php and to the "filter" parameter in the "com_content" component isn't properly sanitised before being used in an SQL query. This can be exploited to manipulate SQL queries by injecting arbitrary SQL code.

Some other parameters may reportedly also be affected.

Successful exploitation requires that "magic_quotes_gpc" is disabled.

3) Input passed to the "imos_change_template" parameter in the _setTemplate() function isn't properly verified, before it is used to include files. This can be exploited to include "index.php" files from arbitrary local directories via directory traversal attacks.

It is also possible to create files in the "cache" directory via the "feed" parameter passed in the RSS component.

The vulnerabilities have been reported in versions 4.5.3 and 4.5.3h. Prior versions may also be affected.

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