DESCRIPTION: A vulnerability has been reported in the PicSell component for Joomla!, which can be exploited by malicious people to disclose sensitive information.
Input passed via the "dflink" parameter to index.php (when "option" is set to "com_picsell", "controller" is set to "prevsell", and "task" is set to "dwnfree") is not properly verified before being used to read files. This can be exploited to download arbitrary files from local resources via directory traversal sequences.
The vulnerability is reported in version 1.0. Other versions may also be affected.
SOLUTION: Edit the source code to ensure that input is properly verified.
DESCRIPTION: A vulnerability has been reported in the JE FAQ Pro component for Joomla!, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct SQL injection attacks.
Input passed via the "catid" parameter to index.php (when e.g. "option" is set to "com_jefaqpro", "view" is set to "category", and "layout" is set to "categorylist") 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 version 1.5.0. Other versions may also be affected.
SOLUTION: Edit the source code to ensure that input is properly sanitised.
DESCRIPTION: Aung Khant has reported a vulnerability in the BlastChat Client component for Joomla! / Mambo, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct cross-site scripting attacks.
Input passed via the "Itemid" parameter to index.php (when "option" is set to "com_blastchatc") 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 vulnerability is reported in versions prior to 3.4.