Joomla! BookLibrary Component "searchtext" SQL Injection Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA43785

VERIFY ADVISORY:
Secunia.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/43785/
Customer Area (Credentials Required)
https://ca.secunia.com/?page=viewadvisory&vuln_id=43785

RELEASE DATE:
2011-03-21


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

Input passed via the "searchtext" parameter to index.php (when
"option" is set to "com_booklibrary" and "task" is set to "search")
is not properly sanitised before being used in an SQL query. This can
be exploited to manipulate SQL queries by injecting arbitrary SQL
code.

The vulnerability is reported in version 2.0. Other versions may also
be affected.

SOLUTION:
The vendor has released an updated version 2.0, which fixes the
vulnerability.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Marc Doudiet

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
OrdaSoft:
http://ordasoft.com/Book-Library/security-upgrade-instructions-for-book-library.html