Mambo up to 4.5.4 index.php objid sql injection

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as critical has been found in Mambo. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file index.php. Such manipulation of the argument objid leads to sql injection. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2008-0517. The attack may be performed from remote. In addition, an exploit is available.

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A vulnerability was found in Mambo (Content Management System). It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown part of the file index.php. The manipulation of the argument objid 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:

SQL injection vulnerability in index.php in the Darko Selesi EstateAgent (com_estateagent) 0.1 component for Mambo 4.5.x and Joomla! allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the objid parameter in a contact showObject action.

The weakness was presented 01/31/2008 (Website). The advisory is available at vupen.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2008-0517 since 01/31/2008. 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. This vulnerability is assigned to T1505 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as highly functional. 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 (40060), Exploit-DB (5016) and SecurityFocus (BID 27520†). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Type

• Content Management System

Name

• Mambo

Version

• 4.5
• 4.5 1.0.0
• 4.5 1.0.1
• 4.5 1.0.2
• 4.5 1.0.3 Beta
• 4.5 1.0.9
• 4.5.0.2
• 4.5.1 1.0.9
• 4.5.1 Beta
• 4.5.1 Beta2
• 4.5.1.3
• 4.5.1a
• 4.5.2
• 4.5.2.1
• 4.5.2.2
• 4.5.2.3
• 4.5.3h
• 4.5.4

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• open-source

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