Joomla OwnBiblio Component "catid" SQL Injection

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA32235

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/32235/

CRITICAL:
Moderately critical

IMPACT:
Manipulation of data, Exposure of sensitive information

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
OwnBiblio 1.x (component for Joomla)
http://secunia.com/advisories/product/20132/

DESCRIPTION:
H!tm@N has discovered a vulnerability in the OwnBiblio component for
Joomla!, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct SQL
injection attacks.

Input passed to the "catid" parameter in the Joomla! installation's
index.php script (when "option" is set to "com_ownbiblio" and "view"
to "catalogue") is not properly sanitised before being used in SQL
queries. This can be exploited to manipulate SQL queries by injecting
arbitrary SQL code.

Successful exploitation allows e.g. retrieval of administrator
usernames and password hashes, but requires knowledge of the database
table prefix.

The vulnerability is confirmed in version 1.5.3 (1.5_fixed). Other
versions may also be affected.

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

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
H!tm@N

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://milw0rm.com/exploits/6730