CVE-2020-37218

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.

Predictions

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

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References

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

CWEs

CWE-89