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Joomla "searchword" Parameter Processing Remote Code Injection Vulnerability

VUPEN ID VUPEN/ADV-2007-2613
CVE ID GENERIC-MAP-NOMATCH
 
CWE ID Available in VUPEN VNS Customer Area
CVSS V2 Available in VUPEN VNS Customer Area
Rated as High Risk 
Impact Available in VUPEN VNS Customer Area
Authentication Level Available in VUPEN VNS Customer Area
Access Vector Available in VUPEN VNS Customer Area
Release Date 2007-07-23
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Technical Description

A vulnerability has been identified in Joomla, which could be exploited by remote attackers to compromise a vulnerable web server. This issue is caused by input validation errors in the "components/com_search/views/search/tmpl/default_results.php" and "templates/beez/html/com_search/search/default_results.php" scripts when processing the "searchword" parameter, which could be exploited by remote attackers to inject and execute arbitrary PHP code with the privileges of the web server.

Affected Products

Joomla version 1.5 beta 2 and prior

Solution 

Upgrade to Joomla version 1.5 RC1 :
http://joomlacode.org/gf/project/joomla/frs/?action=FrsReleaseBrowse&frs_package_id=2622

References

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2613

Credits 

Vulnerability reported by Johannes Greil (SEC Consult).

Changelog 

2007-07-23 : Initial release

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Monthly Statistics 

 

 VUPEN Security Advisories By Criticality: Aug 2010


  Critical Risk

: 0%

  High Risk
: 0%

  Moderate Risk
: 0%

  Low Risk
: 100%

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