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#14690 Security issue - Remote File Injection attempt?

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Latest post by nicholas on Thursday, 17 January 2013 07:07 CST

SmossErKen

Mandatory information about my setup:

Have I read the related troubleshooter articles above before posting (which pages?)? Yes
Have I searched the tickets before posting? Yes
Have I read the documentation before posting (which pages?)? Yes
Joomla! version: 2.5.8
PHP version: 5.3.x
MySQL version: (unknown)
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Admin Tools version: 2.4.4

Description of my issue:

Hi Nicholas,

I noticed something strange the last few days and wanted to ask your opinion about this. A few days ago one of my customers received an RFI warning. The end of the url causing this warning looked like this :

/activity_list.php?past=1&page=0

No further warnings were issued, but a few days later I noticed on their site that the Qlue404 (custom 404 pages, broken links warning) component sent a message stating that the following url has been entered more than 20 times (broken link warning) :

http://www.vrijzinnigwestvlaanderen.be/vrijzinnigheid-bij-jou-in-de-buurt/vrijzinnige-ontmoetingscentra/vc-desleutelbrug/wie-zijn-weact/activity_list.php?past=1&page=0

The referrer for this link is :

http://www.google.be/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=receptie%20sleutelbrug&source=web&cd=3&sqi=2&ved=0CDgQFjAC&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.vrijzinnigbrugge.be%2Fact%2Factivity_list.php%3Fpast%3D1%26page%3D0&ei=z-zvULC9OofA0QW1hIH4Dg&usg=AFQjCNHArih-V1iaPULD6b0_diDGNhWIfQ

Could this be an attempt to go around the Admin Tools security system? And if so, should my customer be worried that the site could get infected and is there a solution?

Best regards,

Chris K.

RedSpider Webdesign

Kind regards,
Chris K.
Redpider Webdesign

nicholas
Akeeba Staff
Manager

No, you don't have to be worried. As far as I can tell this is a blind hacking attempt against an old version of a vulnerable WordPress plugin. Just because someone tries something stupid that can't possibly work against your site doesn't mean they are succeeding in doing anything at all.

Nicholas K. Dionysopoulos

Lead Developer and Director

🇬🇷Greek: native 🇬🇧English: excellent 🇫🇷French: basic • 🕐 My time zone is Europe / Athens
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SmossErKen

Hi Nicholas,

Thx for your fast reply :) It is much appreciated!

Best regards,

Chris K.

RedSpider Webdesign

Kind regards,
Chris K.
Redpider Webdesign

nicholas
Akeeba Staff
Manager

You're welcome, Chris!

Nicholas K. Dionysopoulos

Lead Developer and Director

🇬🇷Greek: native 🇬🇧English: excellent 🇫🇷French: basic • 🕐 My time zone is Europe / Athens
Please keep in mind my timezone and cultural differences when reading my replies. Thank you!

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