CVE-2020-37218

HIGH EPSS 18.6%

Published May 13, 20261mo ago · Modified Jun 17, 20261w ago

8.8 CVSS 4.0

High

Published May 13, 2026 1mo ago

Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 1w ago

Description

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.

CVSS Details

Base Score

8.8

Exploitability

—

Impact

—

Vector string

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/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

User Interaction None

Scope X

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability

18.6% percentile

Exploit & Patch Status

No Known Exploit

No Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-89 SQL Injection Injection

References 4

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

Remediation

No remediation data recorded yet

Check vendor advisories and the NVD entry for patch availability.