Joomla Media Mall Factory Component "category" SQL Injection Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA39546

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/39546/

DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in the Media Mall Factory component
for Joomla, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct SQL
injection attacks.

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

SOLUTION:
Update to version 1.0.5 or later.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
AntiSecurity

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
Media Mall Factory:
http://www.thefactory.ro/shop/joomla-components/media-mall.html