Sponsor Wall
Affected versions: ≤ 8.0
Full advisory: nvd.nist.gov
CVE-2017-20264
Sponsor Wall (com_sponsorwall) <= 8.0 - Unauthenticated SQL Injection
Sponsor Wall 8.0 and earlier concatenate the wallid request parameter straight into a SQL query with no escaping. An unauthenticated attacker can read arbitrary data from the Joomla database, including the user table and its password hashes, with a single crafted GET request. No fix was published for the 8.x line. Update to a current Sponsor Wall release, or uninstall the component if it is no longer used.
Affected versions: ≤ 8.0
Official record: cve.org · NVD
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