CVE-2011-5113

high

Published 2012-08-23 · 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 frontend/models/techfoliodetail.php in Techfolio (com_techfolio) component 1.0 for Joomla! allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the catid parameter.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Mitigations

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Exploits

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

Exploit-DB

EDB-18042 webapps php verified text · 2 KB

Chris Russell · 2011-10-28

Joomla! Component Techfolio 1.0 - SQL Injection

text exploit Source: Exploit-DB

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Techfolio 1.0 Component Joomla SQL Injection
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Release Date Bug.          27-Oct-2011
Date Added.                30-Sep-2011
Vendor Notification Date.  Never
Product.                   Techfolio
Platform.                  Joomla
Affected versions.         1.0
Type.                      Non-Commercial
Attack Vector.             Sql Injection
Solution Status.           unpublished
CVE reference.             Not yet assigned
Download.                  techdeluge.com/joomla-component/com_techfolio.zip


I. BACKGROUND

This component is made for portfolio purpose.
Its easy to integrate and easy to made custom design.
category based structure.
this is base component we are in process with upgrade version also.
with new feature and new functionality which is easy to integrate.
we will launch it within 10 days.

II. DESCRIPTION

discovered a vulnerability in Techfolio, joomla component,
vulnerability is SQL injection

The parameters affected are:
catid


III. ANALYSIS


file:
/com_techfolio/frontend/models/techfoliodetail.php

[29] $catid = $_GET['catid'];
[30]		if($catid!=''){
[31]			$data = "SELECT * FROM #__techfolio WHERE catid = ".$catid;
[32]		}else{
[33]			$data = "SELECT * FROM #__techfolio";
[34]		}
[35]		$db->setQuery( $data );
[36]		$data = $db->loadObjectList();
[37]
[38]		return $data;

query to the variable $catid is not filtered


IV.  EXPLOITATION


parameter [catid]:

//index.php?option=com_techfolio&view=techfoliodetail&catid=1[SQL]

[SQL]=injection sql



Discovered by.
Chris Russell

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
techdeluge	com_techfolio	`1.0`
joomla	joomla\!

References

CWEs

CWE-89

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