CVE-2017-8917
SQL injection vulnerability in Joomla!
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 99.8%, higher than 100% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
SQL injection vulnerability in Joomla! 3.7.x before 3.7.1 allows attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via unspecified vectors.
- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 99.83% probability · 100th percentile
- Public exploits
- 2 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 19 May 2017
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-89
- Affected
- joomla/joomla\!
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 99.8% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
Public exploits (2)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98515Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038522Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://developer.joomla.org/security-centre/692-20170501-core-sql-injection.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42033/Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44358/Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98515Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038522Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://developer.joomla.org/security-centre/692-20170501-core-sql-injection.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42033/Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44358/Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.