Joomla! BeeHeard Component “category_id” SQL Injection Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID: SA37872

VERIFY ADVISORY: http://secunia.com/advisories/37872/

DESCRIPTION: A vulnerability has been reported in the BeeHeard component for Joomla!, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct SQL injection attacks.

Input passed to the “category_id” parameter in index.php (if “option” is set to “com_beeheard”, “controller” is set to “suggestions”, “view” is set to “suggestions”, and “layout” is set to “list”) is not properly sanitised before being used in SQL queries. This can be exploited to manipulate SQL queries by injecting arbitrary SQL code.

SOLUTION: Filter malicious characters and character sequences using a proxy.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY: FL0RiX

ORIGINAL ADVISORY: http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/10734

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