Mambo Com Sermon 0.2 index.php gid sql injection

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A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Mambo Com Sermon 0.2. Affected is an unknown function of the file index.php. This manipulation of the argument gid causes sql injection. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2008-0721. The attack may be initiated remotely. In addition, an exploit is available.

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A vulnerability has been found in Mambo Com Sermon 0.2 (Content Management System) and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown processing of the file index.php. The manipulation of the argument gid with an unknown input leads to a sql injection vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

SQL injection vulnerability in index.php in the Sermon (com_sermon) 0.2 component for Mambo allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the gid parameter.

The weakness was presented 02/11/2008 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at milw0rm.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2008-0721 since 02/11/2008. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details and also 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 S@BUN and been published even before and not after the advisory. It is possible to download the exploit 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 4 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 (5076) and SecurityFocus (BID 27673†). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Type

• Content Management System

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• Mambo

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• Com Sermon

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• 0.2

License

• open-source

Website

• Vendor: http://mambo-foundation.org/

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