Gegabyte User Bench 1.0 on Joomla Configuration Data index.php userid sql injection

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A vulnerability was found in Gegabyte User Bench 1.0 on Joomla and classified as critical. Affected is an unknown function of the file index.php of the component Configuration Data Handler. Such manipulation of the argument userid leads to sql injection. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2017-20254. The attack may be launched remotely. Furthermore, there is an exploit available.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Gegabyte User Bench 1.0 on Joomla. Affected by this issue is an unknown code of the file index.php of the component Configuration Data Handler. The manipulation of the argument userid 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! Component User Bench 1.0 contains an SQL injection vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary SQL queries by injecting malicious code through the userid parameter. Attackers can send GET requests to index.php with the option=com_userbench&view=detail&userid parameter containing SQL injection payloads to extract sensitive database information including credentials and configuration data.

The weakness was shared by Ihsan Sencan as 43357. The advisory is shared for download at exploit-db.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2017-20254 since 06/19/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. 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. 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 vulnerability database at Exploit-DB (43357). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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• Joomla Component

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• Gegabyte

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• User Bench

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• 1.0

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