Vigil@nce - Joomla Topics: SQL injection in the page "readall"
September 2016 by Vigil@nce
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SYNTHESIS OF THE VULNERABILITY
An attacker can use a SQL injection in the page readall of Joomla
Topics, in order to read or alter data.
Impacted products: Joomla Extensions not comprehensive.
Severity: 2/4.
Creation date: 11/07/2016.
DESCRIPTION OF THE VULNERABILITY
The Joomla Topics product uses a database.
However, data from the request parameter cid are directly inserted
in a SQL query.
An attacker can therefore use a SQL injection in the page readall
of Joomla Topics, in order to read or alter data.
ACCESS TO THE COMPLETE VIGIL@NCE BULLETIN
https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/Joomla-Topics-SQL-injection-in-the-page-readall-20056