CVE-2017-20262 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2017-20262

Joomla! Component Ajax Quiz 1.8 SQL Injection

Vulnerability Description

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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:

  • Ihsan Sencan

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

Ajax Quiz
Vulnerable Versions:
1.8

Timeline

Official Publish: June 19th, 2026
Last Modified: June 23rd, 2026
Added to House: July 20th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-89

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Initial Access
T1059 Command and Scripting Interpreter
Execution
T1213.006 Databases
Collection
T1485 Data Destruction
Impact