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Joomla Real Estate Property Component "controller" File Inclusion Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA39074

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/39074/

DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been discovered in the Real Estate Property
component for Joomla, which can be exploited by malicious people to
disclose potentially sensitive information.

Input passed to the "controller" parameter in index.php (when
"option" is set to "com_properties") is not properly sanitised before
being used to include files. This can be exploited to include
arbitrary files from local resources via directory traversal attacks
and URL-encoded NULL bytes.

The vulnerability is confirmed in version 3.1.22-03. Other versions
may also be affected.

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

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Chip D3 Bi0s

Joomla! SMEStorage Component "controller" Local File Inclusion Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA39071

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/39071/

DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in the SMEStorage component for
Joomla!, which can be exploited by malicious people to disclose
sensitive information.

Input passed to the "controller" parameter in index.php (if "option"
is set to "com_smestorage") is not properly verified before being
used to include files. This can be exploited to include arbitrary
files from local resources via directory traversal attacks and
URL-encoded NULL bytes.

The vulnerability is reported in versions prior to 1.1.

SOLUTION:
Update to version 1.1.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Chip D3 Bi0s

Joomla! JE Form Creator Component "view" Local File Inclusion Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA39063

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/39063/

DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in the JE Form Creator component
for Joomla!, which can be exploited by malicious people to disclose
sensitive information.

Input passed via the "view" parameter to index.php (when "option" is
set to "com_jeformcr") is not properly verified before being used to
include files. This can be exploited to include arbitrary files from
local resources via directory traversal sequences and URL-encoded
NULL bytes.

Successful exploitation requires that "magic_quotes_gpc" is disabled.

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

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Chip D3 Bi0s

Joomla VXDate Component SQL Injection and Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA39024

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/39024/

DESCRIPTION:
MustLive has reported some vulnerabilities in the VXDate component
for Joomla, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct SQL
injection and cross-site scripting attacks.

1) Input passed via the "id" parameter to index.php (when "option"
is set to "com_vxdate", "md" is set to "details", and "ct" is set) is
not properly sanitised before being used in an SQL queries. This can
be exploited to manipulate SQL queries by injecting arbitrary SQL
code.

2) Input passed via the "id" parameter to index.php (when "option" is
set to "com_vxdate", "md" is set to "details" or "editform", and "ct"
is set) is not properly sanitised before being returned to the user.
This can be exploited to execute arbitrary HTML and script code in a
user's browser session in context of an affected site.

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

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
MustLive

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://websecurity.com.ua/3849/

Joomla CKForms Component Multiple Vulnerabilities

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA38976

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/38976/

DESCRIPTION:
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in the CKForms
component for Joomla, which can be exploited by malicious people to
disclose potentially sensitive information and conduct SQL injection
attacks.

1) Input passed to the "controller" parameter in index.php (when
"option" is set to "com_ckforms") is not properly sanitised before
being used to include files. This can be exploited to include
arbitrary files from local resources via directory traversal attacks
and URL-encoded NULL bytes.

2) Input passed via the "fid" parameter to index.php (when "option"
is set to "com_ckforms", "controller" is set to "ckdata", and
"layout" is set to "detail") 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 vulnerabilities are confirmed in version 1.3.3. Other versions
may also be affected.

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

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
altbta

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/11785

Joomla RokDownloads Component "controller" File Inclusion Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA38982

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/38982/

DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been discovered in the RokDownloads component for
Joomla, which can be exploited by malicious people to disclose
potentially sensitive information.

Input passed to the "controller" parameter in index.php (when
"option" is set to "com_rokdownloads") is not properly sanitised
before being used to include files. This can be exploited to include
arbitrary files from local resources via directory traversal attacks
and URL-encoded NULL bytes.

The vulnerability is confirmed in version 1.0. Other versions may
also be affected.

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

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
AtT4CKxT3rR0r1ST

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