Joomla LyftenBloggie Component "author" SQL Injection Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA37499

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/37499/

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

Input passed via the "author" parameter to index.php (when "option"
is set to "com_lyftenbloggie") 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 1.0.4. Other versions may
also be affected.

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

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
kaMtiEz