CVE-2017-20268 (GCVE-0-2017-20268)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-06-19 16:11 – Updated: 2026-06-23 02:12
VLAI
Title
Joomla! Component Zap Calendar Lite 4.3.4 SQL Injection
Summary
Joomla! Component Zap Calendar Lite 4.3.4 contains an SQL injection vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary SQL queries by injecting malicious code through the 'eid' parameter. Attackers can send GET requests to the RSVP plugin endpoint with crafted SQL payloads to extract sensitive database information including database names and table structures.
Severity
8.8 (High)
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
8.2 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N
SSVC
Exploitation: poc Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
  • CWE-89 - Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Date Public
2017-08-18 00:00
Credits
Ihsan Sencan
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