CVE-2017-7628 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The "Smart related articles" extension 1.1 for Joomla! has SQL injection in dialog.php (attacker must use search_cats variable in POST method to exploit this vulnerability).

Published: 2017-04-13

Score: 9.8 Critical

EPSS: 1.2% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:smart_related_articles_project:smart_related_articles:1.1:*:*:*:*:joomla\!:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2017-16633	The "Smart related articles" extension 1.1 for Joomla! has SQL injection in dialog.php (attacker must use search_cats variable in POST method to exploit this vulnerability).

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01235.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://extensions.joomla.org/extension/smart-related-articles/
https://gist.github.com/anonymous/14576258b0e66bb25ca4b7ca1638e51f
https://vel.joomla.org/live-vel/1952-smart-related-articles-1-1-sql-injection

History

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Subscriptions

Smart Related Articles Project Smart Related Articles

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-04-13T03:20:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-05T16:12:27.171Z

Reserved: 2017-04-10T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-7628

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-04-13T03:59:00.293

Modified: 2026-06-17T01:24:49.910

Link: CVE-2017-7628

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-89
Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')

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