SQL Injection Vulnerability in Joomla Payage Payment Plugin
CVE-2017-20279

8.8HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor

Extensions

Status
Joomla Payage
Vendor
CVE Published:
19 June 2026

Badges

👾 Exploit Exists🟡 Public PoC

What is CVE-2017-20279?

The Joomla Payage 2.05 version is affected by a SQL injection vulnerability that occurs through the 'aid' parameter in the make_payment task. This flaw enables unauthenticated attackers to inject malicious SQL code via crafted GET requests to index.php. By manipulating these requests, attackers can leverage boolean-based blind or time-based blind techniques to extract sensitive information from the database, posing a significant threat to data integrity and confidentiality.

Affected Version(s)

Joomla Payage 2.05

Exploit Proof of Concept (PoC)

PoC code is written by security researchers to demonstrate the vulnerability can be exploited. PoC code is also a key component for weaponization which could lead to ransomware.

CVE-2017-20279 - Proof of Concept

References

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42113
exploit
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/joomla-payage-sql-in...
third-party-advisory

CVSS V4

Score:
8.8
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
Low
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Attack Required:
None
Privileges Required:
Undefined
User Interaction:
None

Timeline

  • 🟡

    Public PoC available

  • 👾

    Exploit known to exist

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Persian Hack Team
.