Survey Manager Component for Joomla "stype" SQL Injection

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA36820

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/36820/

DESCRIPTION:
kaMtiEz has discovered a vulnerability in the Survey Manger Component
for Joomla, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct SQL
injection attacks.

Input passed via the "stype" parameter to index.php (if "option" is
set to "com_surveymanager" and "task" to "editsurvey") is not
properly sanitised before being used in an SQL query. This can be
exploited to manipulate SQL queries by injecting arbitrary SQL code.

The vulnerability is confirmed in version 1.5.0 Stable Update 5.
Other versions may also be affected.

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

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
kaMtiEz