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Fencer Vulns
critical 9.8

CVE-2017-8917 in the critical feed json

SQL injection vulnerability in Joomla!

published 2017-05-17 9 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2017-17857

cvss
9.8
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
99.8%
EPSS 99.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 99.9%
public exploits
3
Metasploit, Exploit-DB, plus a Nuclei check

Summary

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

Patch / fix

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (Metasploit exploit/unix/webapp/joomla_comfields_sqli_rce)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

99.83% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99.9% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 9.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/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.