CVE-2018-5994

published 2018-02-17

CVE-2018-5994: SQL Injection exists in the JS Jobs 1.1.9 component for Joomla! via the zipcode parameter in a newest-jobs request, or the ta parameter in a view_resume…

Priority P2 65 critical 9.8 CVSS 3.0

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

EXPLOIT

SQL Injection exists in the JS Jobs 1.1.9 component for Joomla! via the zipcode parameter in a newest-jobs request, or the ta parameter in a view_resume request.

Affected

1 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
joomsky	js_jobs	—	—

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

url http://localhost/[PATH]/index.php/component/jsjobs/newest-jobs?zipcode=[SQL]&option=com_jsjobs&task11=view↗

url http://localhost/[PATH]/index.php?option=com_jsjobs&c=resume&view=resume&layout=view_resume&bd=1&sortby=1&ta=[SQL]↗

• → Monitor HTTP requests to the Joomla component endpoint for SQL injection patterns in the 'zipcode' parameter of newest-jobs requests (com_jsjobs component). ↗
• → Monitor HTTP requests to the Joomla component endpoint for SQL injection patterns in the 'ta' parameter of view_resume requests (com_jsjobs component). ↗
• → Alert on requests containing 'option=com_jsjobs' combined with 'task11=view' and a non-numeric or SQL-bearing 'zipcode' parameter value. ↗
• → Alert on requests containing 'option=com_jsjobs' with 'layout=view_resume' and a SQL-bearing 'ta' parameter value. ↗

• · The exploit targets specifically version 1.1.9 of the JS Jobs Joomla component; other versions may or may not be affected. ↗

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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