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GHSA-2XG7-X64V-Q25Q

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-06-19 18:32 – Updated: 2026-06-19 18:32

Details

Joomla NextGen Editor 2.1.0 contains an SQL injection vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands through the plname parameter. Attackers can send GET requests to index.php with option=com_nge&view=config and inject malicious SQL code in the plname parameter to extract sensitive database information.

Severity

8.2 (High)


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

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

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CVE-2017-20252 (GCVE-0-2017-20252)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-06-19 15:17 – Updated: 2026-06-22 17:14

Title

Joomla NextGen Editor 2.1.0 SQL Injection via plname Parameter

Summary

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

VulnCheck

References

3 references

URL	Tags
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43365	exploit
https://extensions.joomla.org/extension/nextgen-editor/	product
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/joomla-nextg…	third-party-advisory

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
nextgeneditor	NextGen Editor	Affected: 2.1.0

Date Public

2017-12-19 00:00

Credits

Ihsan Sencan

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Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date	Other

Nomenclature

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Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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GHSA-2XG7-X64V-Q25Q

CVE-2017-20252 (GCVE-0-2017-20252)

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