Joomla! Billy Portfolio Component "catid" SQL Injection Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA42464

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RELEASE DATE:
2010-12-11
DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been discovered in the Billy Portfolio component
for Joomla!, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct
SQL injection attacks.

Input passed via the "catid" parameter to index.php (when "option" is
set to "com_billyportfolio" and "view" is set to "billyportfolio") is
not properly sanitised in models/billyportfolio.php before being used
in SQL queries. This can be exploited to manipulate SQL queries by
injecting arbitrary SQL code.

The vulnerability is confirmed in version 1.1. Other versions may
also be affected.

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

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
jdc