Secunia Logo  


Secunia PSI WorldMap
 
Joomla SimpleFAQ Component "aid" SQL Injection
Secunia Advisory: SA26556
Release Date: 2007-08-22
Last Update: 2007-10-17
Popularity: 7,474 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)

Secunia CVSS-2 Score: Available in Secunia business solutions

Subscribe: Instant alerts on relevant vulnerabilities


Advisory Content (Page 1 of 3)[ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ]

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.

Change Page:
[ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ]



Track this Secunia Advisory
Customers of the Secunia Vulnerability Intelligence solutions will automatically receive updates when new information regarding this advisory is released.

Read more about our Vulnerability Intelligence solutions and what they can do for you and your company.

About this Secunia Advisory
Please note: The information that this Secunia Advisory is based on comes from a third party unless stated otherwise.

Secunia collects, validates, and verifies all vulnerability reports issued by security research groups, vendors, and others.
  
Latest Advisories

Send Feedback to Secunia
If you have new information regarding this Secunia advisory or a product in our database, please send it to us using either our web form or email us at vuln@secunia.com.

Ideas, suggestions, and other feedback are most welcome.

Most Popular - 3 Hours

1. Internet Explorer Charset Inheritance Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability // 61 views
2. Sun Java JDK / JRE Multiple Vulnerabilities // 53 views
3. Adobe Flash Player Multiple Vulnerabilities // 35 views
4. Microsoft Windows Win32k Kernel-Mode Driver Multiple Vulnerabilities // 35 views
5. Adobe Reader/Acrobat Multiple Vulnerabilities // 27 views
6. Debian update for pidgin // 19 views
7. Google Chrome Two Vulnerabilities // 17 views
8. Apple Safari Multiple Vulnerabilities // 16 views
9. Mozilla Firefox Multiple Vulnerabilities // 14 views
10. Microsoft XML Core Services Multiple Vulnerabilities // 12 views