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Joomla weblinks-categories Unauthenticated SQL Injection Arbitrary File Read

Disclosed
03/02/2014
Created
05/30/2018

Description

Joomla versions 3.2.2 and below are vulnerable to an unauthenticated SQL injection which allows an attacker to access the database or read arbitrary files as the 'mysql' user. This module will only work if the mysql user Joomla is using to access the database has the LOAD_FILE permission.

Author(s)

  • Brandon Perry <bperry.volatile@gmail.com>

Development

Module Options

To display the available options, load the module within the Metasploit console and run the commands 'show options' or 'show advanced':

msf > use auxiliary/gather/joomla_weblinks_sqli
msf auxiliary(joomla_weblinks_sqli) > show actions
    ...actions...
msf auxiliary(joomla_weblinks_sqli) > set ACTION < action-name >
msf auxiliary(joomla_weblinks_sqli) > show options
    ...show and set options...
msf auxiliary(joomla_weblinks_sqli) > run

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