CVE•Published 2026-06-19•Modified 2026-08-19•1 article on news•5 live references•NVD data
CVE-2017-20259Joomlashack · Osdownloads
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
37
Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 63% of all CVEs
Weaknesses (CWE)
Description
Joomla OSDownloads 1.7.4 contains an SQL injection vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary SQL queries by injecting malicious code through the id parameter. Attackers can send GET requests to index.php with option=com_osdownloads&view=item&id=[SQL] to extract sensitive database information including credentials and configuration data.
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-2017-20259Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.
Shodan · product + version
product:"Joomlashack Osdownloads" version:"1.7.4"Version-pinned fingerprint from NVD's first vulnerable CPE.
Shodan · banner/body mention
http.html:"Osdownloads"HTTP body or banner mentions "Osdownloads" — catches deploys Shodan didn't identify as a product.
More intel sources (5)
Shodan report
vuln:CVE-2017-20259Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2017-20259Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.
grep.app
CVE-2017-20259Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.
GitHub code
CVE-2017-20259GitHub code search for direct mentions.
Google dork
"CVE-2017-20259" exploit -site:nvd.nist.govWrite-ups and news, NVD excluded.
Known PoCs on GitHub
No public proof-of-concept repositories found for CVE-2017-20259 on GitHub.