Secunia Security Advisory - rgod has discovered a vulnerability in Joomla!, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct SQL injection attacks.
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TITLE:
Joomla! "Name" SQL Injection Vulnerability
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA20746
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/20746/
CRITICAL:
Moderately critical
IMPACT:
Manipulation of data
WHERE:
>From remote
SOFTWARE:
Joomla! 1.x
http://secunia.com/product/5788/
DESCRIPTION:
rgod has discovered a vulnerability in Joomla!, which can be
exploited by malicious people to conduct SQL injection attacks.
For more information:
SA20745
The vulnerability has been confirmed in version 1.0.9. Other versions
may also be affected.
SOLUTION:
Edit the source code to ensure that input is properly sanitised.
PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
rgod
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://milw0rm.com/exploits/1922
OTHER REFERENCES:
SA20745:
http://secunia.com/advisories/20745/
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