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A vulnerability was found in Rs Gallery2 up to 2.0 Beta 5 on Joomla. It has been rated as critical. The impacted element is an unknown function of the file index.php. Performing a manipulation of the argument catid results in sql injection. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2007-6362. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. Moreover, an exploit is present.

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A vulnerability was found in Rs Gallery2 up to 2.0 Beta 5 on Joomla (Joomla Component). It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown function of the file index.php. The manipulation of the argument catid with an unknown input leads to a sql injection vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

SQL injection vulnerability in index.php in the RSGallery (com_rsgallery) 2.0 beta 5 and earlier component for Mambo and Joomla! allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the catid parameter in an inline page action.

The weakness was disclosed 12/14/2007 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at milw0rm.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2007-6362 since 12/14/2007. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details and a public exploit are known. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1505 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

A public exploit has been developed by K-159 and been published even before and not after the advisory. The exploit is shared for download at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 9 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 Exploit-DB (4691) and SecurityFocus (BID 26704†). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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• Joomla Component

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• Rs Gallery2

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• 2.0 Beta 5

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