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CVE-2017-20255

Joomla! Component JB Visa 1.0 SQL Injection via visatype

Description

Joomla! Component JB Visa 1.0 contains an SQL injection vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary SQL queries by injecting malicious code through the visatype parameter. Attackers can send GET requests to index.php with the option=com_bookpro and view=popup parameters, injecting SQL commands in the visatype parameter to extract sensitive database information including credentials and table contents.

Public exploit

An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. A reference of the record is tagged as an exploit. CISA's SSVC rates its exploitation: a proof of concept is public.

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Timeline

  1. ID reserved

    By VulnCheck

  2. Published

  3. · 3 days later

    Record updated

Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.

Scores

CVSS scores of CVE-2017-20255, by who scored it
Scored byCVSSScoreVector
VulnCheckCNA (assigner)4.0High8.8CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
VulnCheckCNA (assigner)3.1High8.2CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N
NVDNVD · Analyzed4.0High8.8CVSS: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
EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
0.49% · top 57% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
CISA SSVC
Exploitation: poc · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: partial
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.8.

Affected products

References

4

Sources

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