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Joomla! Cross-Site Request Forgery and Script Insertion Vulnerabilities

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA28219

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/28219/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
Cross Site Scripting

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
Joomla! 1.x
http://secunia.com/product/5788/

DESCRIPTION:
Some vulnerabilities have been reported in Joomla!, which can be
exploited by malicious users to conduct script insertion attacks and
by malicious people to conduct cross-site request forgery attacks.

1) Some vulnerabilities are caused due to various components and
modules for Joomla! allowing users to perform certain actions via
HTTP requests, without performing any validity checks to verify the
request. This can be exploited to e.g. add new super administrators.

2) Input passed via the poll options and the poll title in the
com_poll component is not properly sanitised before being used. This
can be exploited to insert arbitrary HTML and script code, which will
be executed in a user's browser session in context of an affected site
when viewing a page containing a malicious poll.

Successful exploitation requires privileges to edit polls.

SOLUTION:
Restrict access to trusted users only and edit the source code to
ensure that input is properly sanitised. Do not browser other
websites while being logged in into Joomla!.

Some of the vulnerabilities are fixed in Joomla! 1.5 RC4.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
1) Armando Romeo aka Zinho and Jose Carlos Nieto
2) Armando Romeo aka Zinho

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
1) http://www.hackerscenter.com/archive/view.asp?id=28138
2) http://joomlacode.org/gf/project/joomla/tracker/?action=TrackerItemEdit&tracker_item_id=7358

Joomla PU Arcade Component "fid" SQL Injection Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA28295

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/28295/

CRITICAL:
Moderately critical

IMPACT:
Manipulation of data

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
PU Arcade 2.x (component for Joomla)
http://secunia.com/product/17071/

DESCRIPTION:
HouSSamix has reported a vulnerability in the PU Arcade component for
Joomla, which can be exploited by malicious  people to conduct SQL
injection attacks.

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

The vulnerability is reported in version 2.0.3 and 2.1.3 Beta. Other
versions may also be affected.

SOLUTION:
Update to the latest version and apply vendor patch:
http://www.pragmaticutopia.com/index.php?option=com_fireboard&Itemid=121&func=view&id=4407&catid=2#4408

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
HouSSamix, H-T TeaM

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://milw0rm.com/exploits/4827

VirtueMart Unspecified PHP Code Execution

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA27250

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/27250/

CRITICAL:
Moderately critical

IMPACT:
System access

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
VirtueMart 1.x
http://secunia.com/product/11832/
VirtueMart Joomla! eCommerce Edition 1.x
http://secunia.com/product/12169/

DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in VirtueMart, which can be
exploited by malicious users to compromise a vulnerable system.

Input passed to unspecified parameters is not properly sanitised.
This can be exploited to execute arbitrary PHP code.

Successful exploitation requires valid user credentials.

The vulnerability is reported in VirtueMart 1.0.12 and VirtueMart
Joomla! eCommerce Edition 1.0.12. Prior versions may also be
affected.

SOLUTION:
Update to version 1.0.13.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Reported by the vendor.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://virtuemart.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=260&Itemid=57

Joomla! "searchword" Cross-Site Scripting

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA27196

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/27196/

CRITICAL:
Not critical

IMPACT:
Cross Site Scripting

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
Joomla! 1.x
http://secunia.com/product/5788/

DESCRIPTION:
MustLive has discovered a vulnerability in Joomla!, which can be
exploited by malicious people to conduct cross-site scripting
attacks.

Input passed to the "searchword" parameter in index.php (when
"option" is set to "com_search") 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.

Successful exploitation requires that the victim changes the number
of search results in a drop-down box, after having clicked on the
malicious link.

The vulnerability is confirmed in version 1.0.13. Other versions may
also be affected.

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

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
MustLive

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://securityvulns.ru/Rdocument919.html

Joomla Joomla!FlashFun Component "mosConfig_live_site" File Inclusion

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA26799

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/26799/

CRITICAL:
Highly critical

IMPACT:
System access

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
Joomla!FlashFun 1.x (component for Joomla)
http://secunia.com/product/15766/

DESCRIPTION:
Morgan has reported a vulnerability in the Joomla!FlashFun component
for Joomla, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise
a vulnerable system.

Input passed to the "mosConfig_live_site" parameter in
com_joomlaflashfun/admin.joomlaflashfun.php is not properly verified
before being used to include files. This can be exploited to include
arbitrary files from local or remote resources.

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

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

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Morgan

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://milw0rm.com/exploits/4415

Joomla Joomla!12Pictures Component "mosConfig_live_site" File Inclusion

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA26849

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/26849/

CRITICAL:
Highly critical

IMPACT:
System access

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
Joomla!12Pictures 1.x (component for Joomla)
http://secunia.com/product/15767/

DESCRIPTION:
Morgan has reported a vulnerability in the Joomla!12Pictures
component for Joomla, which can be exploited by malicious people to
compromise a vulnerable system.

Input passed to the "mosConfig_live_site" parameter in
com_joom12pic/admin.joom12pic.php is not properly verified before
being used to include files. This can be exploited to include
arbitrary files from local or remote resources.

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

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

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Morgan

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://milw0rm.com/exploits/4416

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