CVE•Published 2026-06-19•Modified 2026-08-19•1 article on news•6 live references•NVD data
CVE-2017-20262Webkul · Ajax_quiz
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! Component Ajax Quiz 1.8 contains an SQL injection vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary SQL queries by injecting malicious code through the cid parameter. Attackers can send GET requests to index.php with the option=com_ajaxquiz and view=ajaxquiz parameters to extract sensitive database information including table names and column structures.
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-2017-20262Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.
Shodan · product + version
product:"Webkul Ajax Quiz" version:"1.8"Version-pinned fingerprint from NVD's first vulnerable CPE.
Shodan · banner/body mention
http.html:"Ajax Quiz"HTTP body or banner mentions "Ajax Quiz" — catches deploys Shodan didn't identify as a product.
More intel sources (5)
Shodan report
vuln:CVE-2017-20262Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2017-20262Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.
grep.app
CVE-2017-20262Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.
GitHub code
CVE-2017-20262GitHub code search for direct mentions.
Google dork
"CVE-2017-20262" exploit -site:nvd.nist.govWrite-ups and news, NVD excluded.