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[SA38412] Joomla! JE Quiz Component "eid" SQL Injection Vulnerability

From: Secunia Security Advisories (sec-advsecunia.com)
Date: Mon Feb 01 2010 - 15:17:10 CST

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TITLE:
Joomla! JE Quiz Component "eid" SQL Injection Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA38412

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/38412/

DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in the JE Quiz component for
Joomla!, which can be exploited by malicious users to conduct SQL
injection attacks.

Input passed to the "eid" parameter in index.php (when "option" is
set to "com_jequizmanagement" and "view" is set to "question") 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 1.b01. Other versions may
also be affected.

SOLUTION:
Filter malicious characters and character sequences using a proxy.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
B-HUNT3|2

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