{"id":"CVE-2017-20279","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2017-20279","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T19:06:01.465Z","title":"Joomla Payage 2.05 contains an SQL injection vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to manipulate database queries by injecting SQL code through the aid parameter.","description":"Joomla Payage 2.05 contains an SQL injection vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to manipulate database queries by injecting SQL code through the aid parameter. Attackers can send GET requests to index.php with malicious aid values in the make_payment task to extract sensitive database information using boolean-based blind or time-based blind techniques.","published":"2026-06-19T17:16:16.000Z","lastModified":"2026-08-19T18:38:27.000Z","status":"Analyzed","sourceIdentifier":"disclosure@vulncheck.com","cvss":{"version":"4.0","score":8.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS: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"},"cwe":["CWE-89"],"affected":["extensions/joomla payage"],"epss":{"score":0.00432,"percentile":0.37359,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.43%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42113","tags":["Exploit","VDB Entry"],"source":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"},{"url":"https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/joomla-payage-sql-injection-via-aid-parameter","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-20279","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}