CVE•Published 2026-06-19•Modified 2026-08-19•1 article on news•6 live references•NVD data
CVE-2017-20252Nextgeneditor · Nextgen_editor
Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)
CVSS v3.1
8.2
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N
EPSS percentile
36
Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 64% of all CVEs
Weaknesses (CWE)
Description
Joomla NextGen Editor 2.1.0 contains an SQL injection vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands through the plname parameter. Attackers can send GET requests to index.php with option=com_nge&view=config and inject malicious SQL code in the plname parameter to extract sensitive database information.
Timeline
Published 2026-06-19
Modified 2026-08-19
External references
Search for exposed instances
Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common).
Shodan · vuln tag0 hosts
vuln:CVE-2017-20252Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.
Shodan · product + version
product:"Nextgeneditor Nextgen Editor" version:"2.1.0"Version-pinned fingerprint from NVD's first vulnerable CPE.
Shodan · banner/body mention
http.html:"Nextgen Editor"HTTP body or banner mentions "Nextgen Editor" — catches deploys Shodan didn't identify as a product.
More intel sources (5)
Shodan report
vuln:CVE-2017-20252Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2017-20252Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.
grep.app
CVE-2017-20252Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.
GitHub code
CVE-2017-20252GitHub code search for direct mentions.
Google dork
"CVE-2017-20252" exploit -site:nvd.nist.govWrite-ups and news, NVD excluded.