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Joomla! People Component SQL Injection Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA43352

VERIFY ADVISORY:
Secunia.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/43352/
Customer Area (Credentials Required)
https://ca.secunia.com/?page=viewadvisory&vuln_id=43352

RELEASE DATE:
2011-03-05
DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in the People component for
Joomla!, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct SQL
injection attacks.

Certain unspecified input 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 reported in versions prior to 1.0.1.

SOLUTION:
Update to version 1.0.1.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Reported by the vendor.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.ptt-solution.com/change-log.html

VirtueMart Unspecified SQL Injection Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA43401

VERIFY ADVISORY:
Secunia.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/43401/
Customer Area (Credentials Required)
https://ca.secunia.com/?page=viewadvisory&vuln_id=43401

RELEASE DATE:
2011-03-03
DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in VirtueMart, which can be
exploited by malicious people to conduct SQL injection attacks.

Certain unspecified input 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 reported in versions 1.1.7 and prior.

SOLUTION:
Apply patch.

Further details available in Customer Area:
http://secunia.com/products/corporate/EVM/

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Reported by the vendor.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
VirtueMart:
http://virtuemart.net/security-bulletins/396-vm-security-bulletin-2011-02-18



Joomla! Kunena Component "catids" SQL Injection Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA43266

VERIFY ADVISORY:
Secunia.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/43266/
Customer Area (Credentials Required)
https://ca.secunia.com/?page=viewadvisory&vuln_id=43266

RELEASE DATE:
2011-02-19
DESCRIPTION:
Red Matter Inc. has discovered a vulnerability in the Kunena
component for Joomla!, which can be exploited by malicious people to
conduct SQL injection attacks.

Input passed via the "catids" parameter to index.php (when "option"
is set to "com_kunena", "func" is set to "advsearch", and "q" is set
to any value) 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 1.6.2. Prior versions may
also be affected.

SOLUTION:
Update to version 1.6.3.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Red Matter Inc.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2011/Feb/254

Joomla! CiviCRM Component Multiple Vulnerabilities

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA43228

VERIFY ADVISORY:
Secunia.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/43228/
Customer Area (Credentials Required)
https://ca.secunia.com/?page=viewadvisory&vuln_id=43228

RELEASE DATE:
2011-02-10

DESCRIPTION:
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in the CiviCRM
component for Joomla!, which can be exploited by malicious people to
conduct cross-site scripting attacks and compromise a vulnerable
system.

1) The application bundles a vulnerable version of Open Flash Chart.

For more information:
SA37903

2) Input passed via the "defaultPath" parameter to
administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/packages/OpenFlashChart/php-ofc-library/ofc_upload_image.php,
via the "lang" parameter to
administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/packages/PHPgettext/examples/pigs_dropin.php
and
administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/packages/PHPgettext/examples/pigs_fallback.php
and via the "class" parameter to
administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/packages/amfphp/browser/details.php
is not properly sanitised 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 vulnerabilities are confirmed in version 3.3.3. Other versions
may also be affected.

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

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
AutoSec Tools

Joomla! Frontend-User-Access "controller" Local File Inclusion Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA43137

VERIFY ADVISORY:
Secunia.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/43137/
Customer Area (Credentials Required)
https://ca.secunia.com/?page=viewadvisory&vuln_id=43137

RELEASE DATE:
2011-02-02

DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been discovered in Frontend-User-Access component
for Joomla!, which can be exploited by malicious people to disclose
potentially sensitive information.

Input passed via the "controller" parameter to index.php (when
"option" is set to "com_frontenduseraccess") is not properly verified
before being used. This can be exploited to include arbitrary files
from local resources via directory traversal sequences and
URL-encoded NULL bytes.

The vulnerability is confirmed in version 3.4.1 (free version). Other
versions may also be affected.

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

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
wishnusakti + inc0mp13te

VirtueMart "search_category" SQL Injection Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA43150

VERIFY ADVISORY:
Secunia.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/43150/
Customer Area (Credentials Required)
https://ca.secunia.com/?page=viewadvisory&vuln_id=43150

RELEASE DATE:
2011-02-02

DESCRIPTION:
Andrea Fabrizi has discovered a vulnerability in VirtueMart, which
can be exploited by malicious people to conduct SQL injection
attacks.

Input passed via the "search_category" parameter to index.php (when
"option" is set to "com_virtuemart" and "page" is set to
"shop.browse") 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 1.1.6. Other versions may
also be affected.

SOLUTION:
Apply patch.

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