CVE-2017-20276 (GCVE-0-2017-20276)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-06-19 16:38 – Updated: 2026-06-22 17:13
VLAI
Title
Joomla! Component SIMGenealogy 2.1.5 SQL Injection
Summary
Joomla! Component SIMGenealogy 2.1.5 contains an SQL injection vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to manipulate database queries by injecting SQL code through the type parameter. Attackers can send GET requests to index.php with the option=com_simgenealogy, view=latest parameters and inject malicious SQL in the type parameter to extract sensitive database information.
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
Vendor Product Version
Simbunch SIMGenealogy Affected: 2.1.5
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Date Public
2017-08-02 00:00
Credits
Ihsan Sencan
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