CVE-2020-37218

8.8 highEPSS 0.3%

High (8.8). EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Joomla com_hdwplayer 4.2 contains an SQL injection vulnerability in the search.php file that allows unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary SQL queries by injecting malicious code through the hdwplayersearch parameter. Attackers can submit POST requests with crafted SQL payloads in the hdwplayersearch parameter to extract sensitive database information from the hdwplayer_videos table.

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: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 19% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-89
Published: 2026-05-13
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

References

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/48242
https://www.hdwplayer.com/
https://www.hdwplayer.com/download/
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/joomla-com-hdwplayer-sql-injection-via-search-php

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