PT-2008-2888 · Joomla · Com Ewriting

Breaker_Unit + 1 · Published 2008-03-12 · Updated 2017-09-29 · CVE-2008-1297

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.5

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions com ewriting version 1.2.1

Description The issue allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands. This is achieved by exploiting the cat parameter in a "selectcat" action within the index.php file of the com ewriting module.

Recommendations For version 1.2.1, consider restricting access to the vulnerable index.php file in the com ewriting module until a patch is available. As a temporary workaround, avoid using the cat parameter in the "selectcat" action to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Exploit

Fix

SQL injection

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-89

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-1297

Affected Products

Com Ewriting

References · 5

• 🔥 http://securityfocus.com/bid/28179 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/5226 · Exploit
• http://secunia.com/advisories/29292 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-1297 · Security Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41072 · Note