CVE-2017-20254
Component User Bench 1.0 contains an SQL injection vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary SQL queries by injecting malicious code through the userid parameter.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.49%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Joomla! Component User Bench 1.0 contains an SQL injection vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary SQL queries by injecting malicious code through the userid parameter. Attackers can send GET requests to index.php with the option=com_userbench&view=detail&userid parameter containing SQL injection payloads to extract sensitive database information including credentials and configuration data.
- CVSS 4.0
- 8.8 HIGHCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/M
- EPSS
- 0.49% probability · 42th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-89
- Affected
- gegabyte/user bench
- Source
- disclosure@vulncheck.com
EPSS 0.5% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://www.gegabyte.org/Product
- https://extensions.joomla.org/extensions/extension/directory-a-documentation/directory/user-bench/Product
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43357Exploit, VDB Entry
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/joomla-component-user-bench-sql-injection-via-useridThird Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.