Joomla up to 2.1.1/3.3.1 quoteNameStr sql injection

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A vulnerability described as critical has been identified in Joomla up to 2.1.1/3.3.1. Affected is the function quoteNameStr. Such manipulation leads to sql injection. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2025-25226. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Joomla up to 2.1.1/3.3.1. Affected by this issue is the function quoteNameStr. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a sql injection vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Improper handling of identifiers lead to a SQL injection vulnerability in the quoteNameStr method of the database package. Please note: the affected method is a protected method. It has no usages in the original packages in neither the 2.x nor 3.x branch and therefore the vulnerability in question can not be exploited when using the original database class. However, classes extending the affected class might be affected, if the vulnerable method is used.

The weakness was released by Akeeba.com. The advisory is shared for download at developer.joomla.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2025-25226 since 02/04/2025. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $5k-$25k (estimation calculated on 06/05/2025). The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1505.

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

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• Content Management System

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• Joomla

Version

• 2.1.0
• 2.1.1
• 3.3.0
• 3.3.1

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• open-source

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• Product: https://www.joomla.org/

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