CVE-2017-20260

high

Description

Joomla! Component Price Alert 3.0.2 contains an SQL injection vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary SQL queries by injecting malicious code through the product_id parameter. Attackers can send requests to the subscribeajax view with crafted SQL payloads in the product_id parameter to extract sensitive database information including credentials and configuration data.

References

https://www.weborange.eu/

https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/joomla-component-price-alert-sql-injection

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42553

https://extensions.joomla.org/extensions/extension/extension-specific/virtuemart-extensions/price-alert/

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-06-19

Updated: 2026-06-22

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:P/A:N

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 8.2

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N

Severity: High

CVSS v4

Base Score: 8.8

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

Severity: High