The com_tag component for Joomla! is prone to an SQL-injection vulnerability because it fails to sufficiently sanitize user-supplied data before using it in an SQL query.
An attacker may leverage this issue to compromise the application, access or modify data, or exploit latent vulnerabilities in the underlying database.
Information
Exploit
Attackers can use a browser to exploit this issue.
The following example URI is available:
http://example.com/index.php?option=com_tag&task=tag&tag=-`[SQL-Injection Vulnerability!]--
References:
- Joomla com_tag v1.7.6 - (tag) SQL Injection Vulnerability (vulnerability-lab)
- Joomla! Homepage (Joomla )