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Fencer Vulns
high 7.2

CVE-2017-7290 json

SQL injection vulnerability in XOOPS 2.5.7.2 and other versions before 2.5.8.1 allows remote authenticated administrators to execute arbitr…

published 2017-03-30 9 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2017-16319

cvss
7.2
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.3%
EPSS 2.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 83%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

SQL injection vulnerability in XOOPS 2.5.7.2 and other versions before 2.5.8.1 allows remote authenticated administrators to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the url parameter to findusers.php. An example attack uses "into outfile" to create a backdoor program.

Patch / fix

Exploit prediction

2.30% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 83% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • gist.github.com https://gist.github.com/jk1986/3b304ac6b4ae52ae667bba380c2dce19 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 7.2 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 6.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-89 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.