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Joomla! AvReloaded Component "divid" SQL Injection Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA45194

VERIFY ADVISORY:
Secunia.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/45194/
Customer Area (Credentials Required)
https://ca.secunia.com/?page=viewadvisory&vuln_id=45194

RELEASE DATE:
2011-07-24
DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in the AvReloaded component for
Joomla!, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct SQL
injection attacks.

Input passed via the "divid" parameter to index.php (when "option" is
set to "com_avreloaded", "view" is set to "popup", and "itemid" is
set) is not properly sanitised in
components/com_avreloaded/views/popup/view.html.php before being used
in SQL queries. This can be exploited to manipulate SQL queries by
injecting arbitrary SQL code.

The vulnerability is reported in versions prior to 1.2.7.

SOLUTION:
Update to version 1.2.7.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Reported by the Joomla! VEL team.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://joomlacode.org/gf/project/allvideos15/forum/?action=ForumBrowse&forum_id=7580&_forum_action=ForumMessageBrowse&thread_id=21138

Joomla! URL Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA45295

VERIFY ADVISORY:
Secunia.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/45295/
Customer Area (Credentials Required)
https://ca.secunia.com/?page=viewadvisory&vuln_id=45295

RELEASE DATE:
2011-07-23
DESCRIPTION:
Aung Khant has reported a vulnerability in Joomla!, which can be
exploited by malicious people to conduct cross-site scripting
attacks.

Input appended to the URL after index.php is not properly sanitised
in includes/application.php before being returned to the user. This
can be exploited to execute arbitrary HTML and script code in a
user's browser session in context of an affected site.

The vulnerability is reported in versions prior to 1.7.0.

SOLUTION:
Update to version 1.7.0.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Aung Khant

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
Joomla!:
http://developer.joomla.org/security/news/357-20110701-xss-vulnerability.html

Aung Khant:
http://bl0g.yehg.net/2011/07/joomla-170-rc-and-lower-multiple-cross.html

Joomla! AlphaRegistration Component "email" SQL Injection Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA45337

VERIFY ADVISORY:
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http://secunia.com/advisories/45337/
Customer Area (Credentials Required)
https://ca.secunia.com/?page=viewadvisory&vuln_id=45337

RELEASE DATE:
2011-07-23
DESCRIPTION:
playball2009 has discovered a vulnerability in the AlphaRegistration
component for Joomla!, which can be exploited by malicious people to
conduct SQL injection attacks.

Input passed via the "email" parameter to
components/com_alpharegistration/assets/scripts/checkemail.php is not
properly sanitised before being used in SQL queries. This can be
exploited to manipulate SQL queries by injecting arbitrary SQL code.

The vulnerability is confirmed in version 2.0.13. Other versions may
also be affected.

SOLUTION:
Edit the source code to ensure that input is properly sanitised.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
playball2009

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
Joomla!:
http://forum.joomla.org/viewtopic.php?f=432&t=636467
http://docs.joomla.org/Vulnerable_Extensions_List#alpharegistration

Joomla! Simple Page Options Module "spo_site_lang" Local File Inclusion Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA45334

VERIFY ADVISORY:
Secunia.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/45334/
Customer Area (Credentials Required)
https://ca.secunia.com/?page=viewadvisory&vuln_id=45334

RELEASE DATE:
2011-07-22

DESCRIPTION:
Alfredo Arauz has discovered a vulnerability in the Simple Page
Options module for Joomla!, which can be exploited by malicious
people to disclose sensitive information.

Input passed via the "spo_site_lang" parameter to
modules/mod_spo/email_sender.php is not properly verified before
being used to include files. This can be exploited to include
arbitrary files from local resources via directory traversal attacks
and URL-encoded NULL bytes.

The vulnerability is confirmed in version 1.5.16. Other versions may
also be affected.

SOLUTION:
Edit the source code to ensure that input is properly verified.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Alfredo Arauz

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://seguridadblanca.blogspot.com/2011/07/simple-page-option-lfi.html

Joomla! "searchword" Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA45262

VERIFY ADVISORY:
Secunia.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/45262/
Customer Area (Credentials Required)
https://ca.secunia.com/?page=viewadvisory&vuln_id=45262

RELEASE DATE:
2011-07-22
DESCRIPTION:
Aung Khant has discovered a vulnerability in Joomla!, which can be
exploited by malicious people to conduct cross-site scripting
attacks.

Input passed via the "searchword" POST parameter to index.php (when
"option" is set to "com_search" and "task" is set to "search") is not
properly sanitised in the "redirect()" function in
libraries/joomla/application/application.php before being returned to
the user. This can be exploited to execute arbitrary HTML and script
code in a user's browser session in context of an affected site.

Successful exploitation requires that "magic_quotes_gpc" is
disabled.

This may be related to vulnerability #8 in:
SA45094

The vulnerability is confirmed in version 1.7.0. Other versions may
also be affected.

SOLUTION:
Edit the source code to ensure that input is properly sanitised.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Aung Khant

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://bl0g.yehg.net/2011/07/joomla-170-rc-and-lower-multiple-cross.html

Joomla! Flash Magazine Deluxe Component Insecure Directory Permissions Weakness

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA45329

VERIFY ADVISORY:
Secunia.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/45329/
Customer Area (Credentials Required)
https://ca.secunia.com/?page=viewadvisory&vuln_id=45329

RELEASE DATE:
2011-07-22
DESCRIPTION:
A weakness has been reported in the Flash Magazine Deluxe component
for Joomla!, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to
manipulate certain data and potentially gain escalated privileges.

The weakness is caused due to the component setting insecure
permissions (777) for certain folders. This can be exploited to e.g.
modify, create, or delete files contained in the folders.

The weakness is reported in versions prior to 2.1.4.

SOLUTION:
Update to version 2.1.4.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Reported by the Joomla! VEL team.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.joomplace.com/news-blog/flashmagazine-deluxe-2-1-4-security-release.html

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