====================================================================== Secunia Research 05/07/2010 - Joomla BookLibrary From Same Author Module "id" SQL Injection - ====================================================================== Table of Contents Affected Software....................................................1 Severity.............................................................2 Vendor's Description of Software.....................................3 Description of Vulnerability.........................................4 Solution.............................................................5 Time Table...........................................................6 Credits..............................................................7 References...........................................................8 About Secunia........................................................9 Verification........................................................10 ====================================================================== 1) Affected Software * BookLibrary From Same Author 1.5 NOTE: Other versions may also be affected. ====================================================================== 2) Severity Rating: Moderately critical Impact: Manipulation of data Where: From remote ====================================================================== 3) Vendor's Description of Software "The BookLibrary Books from same author module displays the books from same author - book from what now opened. With compatibility for the sh404SEF URLs". Product Link: http://ordasoft.com/Download/View-document-details/ 50-BookLibrary-Books-from-same-author-module-version-1.5.html ====================================================================== 4) Description of Vulnerability Secunia Research has discovered a vulnerability in the BookLibrary From Same Author module for Joomla, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct SQL injection attacks. Input passed via the "id" parameter to index.php (when "option" is set to "com_booklibrary" and "task" is set to "view") is not properly sanitised before being used in a SQL query. This can be exploited to manipulate SQL queries by injecting arbitrary SQL code. ====================================================================== 5) Solution Update to version 1.5_2010_06_25. ====================================================================== 6) Time Table 11/06/2010 - Vendor notified. 11/06/2010 - Vendor response. 24/06/2010 - Status update requested. 30/06/2010 - Status update requested. 01/07/2010 - Vendor response. 02/07/2010 - Vendor releases fixed version. 05/07/2010 - Public disclosure. ====================================================================== 7) Credits Discovered by Secunia Research. ====================================================================== 8) References The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) project has not yet assigned a CVE identifier for the vulnerability. ====================================================================== 9) About Secunia Secunia offers vulnerability management solutions to corporate customers with verified and reliable vulnerability intelligence relevant to their specific system configuration: http://secunia.com/advisories/business_solutions/ Secunia also provides a publicly accessible and comprehensive advisory database as a service to the security community and private individuals, who are interested in or concerned about IT-security. http://secunia.com/advisories/ Secunia believes that it is important to support the community and to do active vulnerability research in order to aid improving the security and reliability of software in general: http://secunia.com/secunia_research/ Secunia regularly hires new skilled team members. Check the URL below to see currently vacant positions: http://secunia.com/corporate/jobs/ Secunia offers a FREE mailing list called Secunia Security Advisories: http://secunia.com/advisories/mailing_lists/ ====================================================================== 10) Verification Please verify this advisory by visiting the Secunia website: http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2010-83/ Complete list of vulnerability reports published by Secunia Research: http://secunia.com/secunia_research/ ======================================================================