CVE-2017-17870

published 2017-12-27

CVE-2017-17870: The JBuildozer extension 1.4.1 for Joomla! has SQL Injection via the appid parameter in an entriessearch action.

Priority P2 62 critical 9.8 CVSS 3.0

AV N AC L PR N UI N S U C H I H A H

EXPLOIT

The JBuildozer extension 1.4.1 for Joomla! has SQL Injection via the appid parameter in an entriessearch action.

Affected

1 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
jbuildozer	jbuildozer	—	—

Detection & IOCs extracted from sources · hover to see the quote

url index.php?option=com_jbuildozer&view=entriessearch&tmpl=component&mode=module&tpl=3&appid=↗

command 1%20%20%2f*!05555Procedure*%2f%20%2f*!05555Analyse*%2f%20%28extractvalue(0%2c%2f*!05555concat*%2f%280x27,0x496873616e2053656e63616e,0x3a,@@version%29%29,0%29%2d%2d%20%2d↗

• → Monitor HTTP requests targeting the Joomla component 'com_jbuildozer' with the 'view=entriessearch' parameter, specifically inspecting the 'appid' parameter for SQL injection payloads (e.g., PROCEDURE ANALYSE, extractvalue, concat with hex-encoded strings). ↗
• → Look for URL-encoded SQL injection patterns in the 'appid' parameter, particularly the use of MySQL versioned comments (/*!05555...*/) combined with PROCEDURE ANALYSE and extractvalue() error-based injection technique. ↗
• → Flag requests to Joomla where 'option=com_jbuildozer' and 'view=entriessearch' appear together — this is the specific vulnerable component/view combination for CVE-2017-17870. ↗

• · The exploit was tested only on specific platforms; coverage may vary across environments. ↗
• · The vulnerable version is specifically 1.4.1 of the JBuildozer extension; other versions are not confirmed affected by this CVE. ↗

CVSS provenance

nvd v3.0 9.8 CRITICAL CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvd v2.0 7.5 HIGH AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

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