Joomla! JEvents Component SQLi Vulnerability

# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2013 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("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.903104");
  script_version("2026-04-30T06:27:06+0000");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2010-0635");
  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:"2013-01-29 14:06:14 +0530 (Tue, 29 Jan 2013)");

  script_name("Joomla! JEvents Component SQLi Vulnerability");

  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/81088");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/57208");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/119361/joomlajevents-sql.txt");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://exploitsdownload.com/exploit/na/joomla-jevents-150-sql-injection");

  script_category(ACT_ATTACK);
  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_vul");
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2013 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 allow the attackers to manipulate SQL queries by
injecting arbitrary SQL code.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Joomla! JEvents version 1.5.0");

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The flaw is due to an input passed via the 'year' parameter to 'index.php'
(when 'option' is set to 'com_events') is not properly sanitised before being used in an SQL query.");

  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 JEvents component is prone to an SQL injection (SQLi) vulnerability.");

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

  exit(0);
}

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

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

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

url = dir + "/index.php?option=com_events&task=view_year&year='";

if(http_vuln_check(port:joomlaPort, url:url, check_header:TRUE,
                   pattern:"Argument #1 is not an array", extra_check:make_list(">Warning<", "array_merge()"))) {
  report = http_report_vuln_url(port: joomlaPort, url: url);
  security_message(port: joomlaPort, data: report);
  exit(0);
}

exit(99);