CVE-2017-20266

high

Description

Joomla SP Movie Database 1.3 contains an SQL injection vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary SQL queries by injecting malicious code through the searchword parameter. Attackers can send GET requests to the searchresults view with crafted SQL payloads in the searchword parameter to extract sensitive database information.

References

https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/joomla-sp-movie-database-sql-injection-via-searchword

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42502

https://extensions.joomla.org/extensions/extension/directory-a-documentation/directory/sp-movie-database/

http://joomshaper.com/

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-06-19

Updated: 2026-06-22

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.5

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

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

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00334