CVE-2009-4785

Joomla! com_quicknews - SQL Injection

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2009-4785. PoCs published by Don Tukulesto.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit demonstrates a SQL injection vulnerability in the Joomla Quick News component. It uses a UNION-based SQL injection to extract username and password hashes from the jos_users table.

Description

SQL injection vulnerability in the Quick News (com_quicknews) component for Joomla! allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the newsid parameter in a view_item action to index.php.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by Don Tukulesto · textwebappsphp
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/10252

This exploit demonstrates a SQL injection vulnerability in the Joomla Quick News component. It uses a UNION-based SQL injection to extract username and password hashes from the jos_users table.

Classification
Working Poc 90%
Attack Type
Sqli
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Joomla Quick News component
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Joomla with Quick News component installed · Access to the vulnerable URL
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Exploit vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37161

Scores

EPSS 0.0095
EPSS Percentile 56.6%

Details

CWE
CWE-89
Status published
Products (1)
bhavesh_chauhan/com_quicknews
Published Apr 21, 2010
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026