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Joomla PU Arcade Component "fid" SQL Injection Vulnerability
Secunia Advisory: SA28295
Release Date: 2008-01-03
Last Update: 2008-01-04
Popularity: 6,810 views

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

Software:PU Arcade 2.x (component for Joomla)

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CVE reference:CVE-2007-6663


Description:
HouSSamix has reported a vulnerability in the PU Arcade component for Joomla, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct SQL injection attacks.

Input passed to the "fid" parameter in index.php (when "option" is set to "com_puarcade") is not properly sanitised before being used in SQL queries. This can be exploited to manipulate SQL queries by injecting arbitrary SQL code.

The vulnerability is reported in version 2.0.3 and 2.1.3 Beta. Other versions may also be affected.

Solution:
Update to the latest version and apply vendor patch:
http://www.pragmaticutopia.com/index....unc=view&id=4407&catid=2#4408

Provided and/or discovered by:
HouSSamix, H-T TeaM

Changelog:
2008-01-04: Added CVE reference.

Original Advisory:
http://milw0rm.com/exploits/4827


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