Secunia Security Advisory - A vulnerability has been reported in the JEvents Search plugin for Joomla, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct SQL injection attacks.
e9bd041be9a34e83544dda2aba93b9f68d8762665c25da471faca4bb97fdf047
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Secunia integrated with Microsoft WSUS
http://secunia.com/blog/71/
----------------------------------------------------------------------
TITLE:
Joomla JEvents Search Plugin SQL Injection Vulnerability
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA38404
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/38404/
DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in the JEvents Search plugin for
Joomla, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct SQL
injection attacks.
Input passed to the "plgSearchEventsearch::onSearch()" method in
eventsearch.php is not properly sanitised before being used in a SQL
query. This can be exploited to manipulate SQL queries by injecting
arbitrary SQL code.
The vulnerability is reported in versions prior to 1.5.3b.
SOLUTION:
Update to version 1.5.3b or later.
PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Reported by the vendor.
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.jevents.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=17&t=3910#p15526
----------------------------------------------------------------------
About:
This Advisory was delivered by Secunia as a free service to help
private users keeping their systems up to date against the latest
vulnerabilities.
Subscribe:
http://secunia.com/advisories/secunia_security_advisories/
Definitions: (Criticality, Where etc.)
http://secunia.com/advisories/about_secunia_advisories/
Please Note:
Secunia recommends that you verify all advisories you receive by
clicking the link.
Secunia NEVER sends attached files with advisories.
Secunia does not advise people to install third party patches, only
use those supplied by the vendor.
----------------------------------------------------------------------