A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Com Jb2 0.1.1 on Joomla (Joomla Component). This vulnerability affects some unknown processing of the file index.php. The manipulation of the argument CategoryID with an unknown input leads to a sql injection vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-89. The product constructs all or part of an SQL command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended SQL command when it is sent to a downstream component. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

SQL injection vulnerability in the JooBlog (com_jb2) component 0.1.1 for Joomla! allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the CategoryID parameter in a category action to index.php.

The weakness was released 06/09/2008 (Website). The advisory is available at milw0rm.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2008-2630 since 06/09/2008. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Technical details and also a public exploit are known. This vulnerability is assigned to T1505 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

A public exploit has been developed by His0k4 and been published even before and not after the advisory. It is possible to download the exploit at exploit-db.com. It is declared as highly functional. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 6 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. By approaching the search of inurl:index.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (42838), Exploit-DB (5734) and Secunia (SA30443†).

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