Detections
Analytics
CVE-2017-20259
high
Description
Joomla OSDownloads 1.7.4 contains an SQL injection vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary SQL queries by injecting malicious code through the id parameter. Attackers can send GET requests to index.php with option=com_osdownloads&view=item&id=[SQL] to extract sensitive database information including credentials and configuration data.
References
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/joomla-osdownloads-sql-injection-via-item-view
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42561
https://extensions.joomla.org/extensions/extension/directory-a-documentation/downloads/osdownloads/