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Joomla SimpleFAQ Component "aid" SQL Injection
Secunia Advisory: SA26556
Release Date: 2007-08-22
Last Update: 2007-10-17
Popularity: 5,996 views

Critical:
Moderately critical
Impact: Manipulation of data
Exposure of sensitive information
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

Software:SimpleFAQ 2.x (component for Joomla)

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Description:
k1tk4t has discovered a vulnerability in the SimpleFAQ component for Joomla, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct SQL injection attacks.

Input passed to the "aid" parameter in the Joomla installation's index.php script (when "option" is set to "com_simplefaq" and "task" to "answer") is not properly sanitised before being used in SQL queries. This can be exploited to manipulate SQL queries by injecting arbitrary SQL code.

Successful exploitation allows e.g. retrieving administrator usernames and password hashes.

The vulnerability is confirmed in version 2.40 and reported in version 2.11. Other versions may also be affected.

Solution:
Update to version 2.5.

Provided and/or discovered by:
k1tk4t

Changelog:
2007-10-17: Updated "Solution" section.


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