Bhavesh Chauhan Com Quicknews index.php newsid sql injection

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A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in Bhavesh Chauhan Com Quicknews. This issue affects some unknown processing of the file index.php. The manipulation of the argument newsid leads to sql injection. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2009-4785. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. Furthermore, there is an exploit available.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Bhavesh Chauhan Com Quicknews (affected version not known). This issue affects some unknown functionality of the file index.php. The manipulation of the argument newsid 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. The summary by CVE is:

SQL injection vulnerability in the Quick News (com_quicknews) component for Joomla! allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the newsid parameter in a view_item action to index.php.

The weakness was shared 04/21/2010 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at securityfocus.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2009-4785 since 04/21/2010. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1505 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

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 databases at Exploit-DB (10252) and SecurityFocus (BID 37161†). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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• Bhavesh Chauhan

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• Com Quicknews

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