Joomsky J2 JOBS 1.3.0 POST Request sortby sql injection

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Joomsky J2 JOBS 1.3.0. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component POST Request Handler. Such manipulation of the argument sortby leads to sql injection. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2020-37224. The attack can be launched remotely. Moreover, an exploit is present.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Joomsky J2 JOBS 1.3.0. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown processing of the component POST Request Handler. The manipulation of the argument sortby 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:

Joomla J2 JOBS 1.3.0 contains an authenticated SQL injection vulnerability that allows authenticated attackers to manipulate database queries by injecting SQL code through the 'sortby' parameter. Attackers can send POST requests to the administrator index with malicious 'sortby' values to extract sensitive database information.

The weakness was disclosed by Mehmet Kelepçe as 48648. The advisory is shared for download at exploit-db.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2020-37224 since 05/13/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1505.

The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept.

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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Class: Sql injection
CWE: CWE-89 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Timelineinfo

05/13/2026 Advisory disclosed
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: 48648
Researcher: Mehmet Kelepçe
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2020-37224 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2020-37224
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-363572
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

Entryinfo

Created: 05/13/2026 17:46
Changes: 05/13/2026 17:46 (80)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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