CVE-2017-8917 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

SQL injection vulnerability in Joomla! 3.7.x before 3.7.1 allows attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via unspecified vectors.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.94513.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:3.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Project Subscriptions

Vendors	Products
Joomla Subscribe	Joomla\! Subscribe

Advisories

No advisories yet.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98515
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038522
https://developer.joomla.org/security-centre/692-20170501-core-sql-injection.html
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42033/
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44358/

History

Mon, 14 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.94285}`	epss `{'score': 0.9413}`

Projects

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-05-17T23:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-05T16:48:22.880Z

Reserved: 2017-05-12T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2017-8917

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2017-05-17T23:29:00.163

Modified: 2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Link: CVE-2017-8917

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-89

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