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TITLE:
Mambo "Name" SQL Injection Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA20745

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/20745/

CRITICAL:
Moderately critical

IMPACT:
Manipulation of data

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
Mambo 4.x
http://secunia.com/product/872/

DESCRIPTION:
rgod has discovered a vulnerability in Mambo, which can be exploited
by malicious people to conduct SQL injection attacks.

Input passed to the "Name" field when submitting a web link isn't
properly sanitised before being used in a SQL query. This can be
exploited to manipulate SQL queries by injecting arbitrary SQL code.

The vulnerability has been confirmed in version 4.5.3h and has also
been reported in version 4.6rc1. Other versions may also be affected.

SOLUTION:
Edit the source code to ensure that input is properly sanitised.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
rgod

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://retrogod.altervista.org/mambo_46rc1_sql.html

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