Secunia Security Advisory - HouSSamix has reported a vulnerability in the PU Arcade component for Joomla, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct SQL injection attacks.
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TITLE:
Joomla PU Arcade Component "fid" SQL Injection Vulnerability
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA28295
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/28295/
CRITICAL:
Moderately critical
IMPACT:
Manipulation of data
WHERE:
>From remote
SOFTWARE:
PU Arcade 2.x (component for Joomla)
http://secunia.com/product/17071/
DESCRIPTION:
HouSSamix has reported a vulnerability in the PU Arcade component for
Joomla, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct SQL
injection attacks.
Input passed to the "fid" parameter in index.php (when "option" is
set to "com_puarcade") is not properly sanitised before being used in
SQL queries. This can be exploited to manipulate SQL queries by
injecting arbitrary SQL code.
The vulnerability is reported in version 2.0.3 and 2.1.3 Beta. Other
versions may also be affected.
SOLUTION:
Update to the latest version and apply vendor patch:
http://www.pragmaticutopia.com/index.php?option=com_fireboard&Itemid=121&func=view&id=4407&catid=2#4408
PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
HouSSamix, H-T TeaM
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://milw0rm.com/exploits/4827
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