CVE-2017-8917

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Published May 17, 2017 CVSS 3.0 · 9.8 Critical EPSS 99.8% KEV · Not listed

Description

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

Affected Products

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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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

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Metrics

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.

Exploit prediction score: 99.8% (99.826% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

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

Jul 14, 2025 1:45 PM Scoring metrics updated View changes

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

Subscriptions

Joomla Joomla\!

Weaknesses

CWE-89

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 5, 2024, 4:48 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: May 17, 2017, 11:00 PM
Updated: Aug 5, 2024, 4:48 PM
Reserved: May 12, 2017, 12:00 AM

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Vulnrichment No data

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NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 1:27 AM

Status: Modified
Published: May 17, 2017, 11:29 PM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 1:27 AM

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