CVE-2017-20262

8.8 highEPSS 0.5%

High (8.8) in webkul ajax quiz. EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Joomla! Component Ajax Quiz 1.8 contains an SQL injection vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary SQL queries by injecting malicious code through the cid parameter. Attackers can send GET requests to index.php with the option=com_ajaxquiz and view=ajaxquiz parameters to extract sensitive database information including table names and column structures.

Severity

CVSS 4.0

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

CVSS 3.1

8.2 high

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N

EPSS: 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 42% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-89
Published: 2026-06-19
Modified: 2026-08-19
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

webkul:ajax_quiz

References

http://webkul.com/
https://extensions.joomla.org/extensions/extension/living/education-a-culture/ajaxquiz/
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42532
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/joomla-component-ajax-quiz-sql-injection

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