CVE-2017-20278

Joomla JoomRecipe 1.0.3 SQL Injection via category parameter

CVSS 8.8 HIGHEPSS 0.2%CWE-89

Vexday Risk Score

41Attention

SSVC decision (CISA)

Attend

PoC available → attend closely

CVSS 8.8EPSS 0.2%KEV nãoPoC públicaNuclei —Metasploit —Patch —

Lifecycle

19 Jun 2026Published on NVD

Recommendation: Plan a near-term fix — a public PoC already exists.

Joomla Component JoomRecipe 1.0.3 contains an SQL injection vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to manipulate database queries by injecting SQL code through the category parameter. Attackers can send GET requests to the all-recipes endpoint with malicious SQL payloads in the category path segment to extract sensitive database information.

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

Affected products

Joomboost · JoomRecipe

public PoCs found — 1

cve_referencewww.exploit-db.com/exploits/42185unverified

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References

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42185 https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/joomla-joomrecipe-sql-injection-via-category-parameter