Joomla ABC Component "sectionid" SQL Injection Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA39588

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/39588/

DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been discovered in the ABC component for Joomla,
which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct SQL injection
attacks.

Input passed via the "sectionid" parameter to index.php (when
"option" is set to "com_abc") is not properly sanitised before being
used in a SQL query. This can be exploited to manipulate SQL queries
by injecting arbitrary SQL code.

The vulnerability is confirmed in version 1.1.7. Other versions may
also be affected.

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

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
AntiSecurity