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CVE-2015-4073
published 2017-09-20

CVE-2015-4073: Multiple SQL injection vulnerabilities in the Helpdesk Pro plugin before 1.4.0 for Joomla! allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the (1)…

PriorityP264critical9.8CVSS 3.0
AVNACLPRNUINSUCHIHAH
EXPLOIT
EPSS
4.21%
89.7th percentile
Multiple SQL injection vulnerabilities in the Helpdesk Pro plugin before 1.4.0 for Joomla! allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the (1) ticket_code or (2) email parameter or (3) remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the filter_order parameter.

Affected

1 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
helpdesk_pro_projecthelpdesk_pro<= 1.3.0—

Detection & IOCsextracted from sources · hover to see the quote

urlhttp://{url}/index.php?option=com_helpdeskpro&view=tickets↗
urlhttp://{url}/index.php?option=com_helpdeskpro&view=ticket&ticket_code=1"%20or%20sleep(5)%20%23↗
urlhttp://{url}/index.php?option=com_helpdeskpro&task=ticket.save↗
commandfilter_order=SLEEP('10')&filter_order_Dir=DESC↗
commandticket_code=1"%20or%20sleep(5)%20%23↗
command[email protected]"%20and%20sleep(5)%20and%20"3"="3↗
  • →Detect time-based blind SQLi attempts against the filter_order POST parameter on the com_helpdeskpro tickets view; look for SQL sleep/benchmark functions in that parameter. ↗
  • →Detect unauthenticated SQLi attempts via the ticket_code GET parameter in requests to option=com_helpdeskpro&view=ticket; look for SQL keywords (or, sleep, #) URL-encoded in the ticket_code value. ↗
  • →Detect unauthenticated SQLi attempts via the email POST parameter on task=ticket.save; look for SQL injection patterns (and sleep, quoted comparisons) appended to the email field value. ↗
  • ·All versions of Helpdesk Pro prior to 1.4.0 are suspected vulnerable; the PoC was verified on version 1.3.0 specifically. ↗

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.09.8CRITICALCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
nvdv2.07.5HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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