Joomla PU Arcade Component "fid" SQL Injection Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA28295

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/28295/

CRITICAL:
Moderately critical

IMPACT:
Manipulation of data

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
PU Arcade 2.x (component for Joomla)
http://secunia.com/product/17071/

DESCRIPTION:
HouSSamix has reported a vulnerability in the PU Arcade component for
Joomla, which can be exploited by malicious  people to conduct SQL
injection attacks.

Input passed to the "fid" parameter in index.php (when "option" is
set to "com_puarcade") 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 2.0.3 and 2.1.3 Beta. Other
versions may also be affected.

SOLUTION:
Update to the latest version and apply vendor patch:
http://www.pragmaticutopia.com/index.php?option=com_fireboard&Itemid=121&func=view&id=4407&catid=2#4408

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
HouSSamix, H-T TeaM

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://milw0rm.com/exploits/4827