CVE•Published 2026-06-19•Modified 2026-08-19•1 article on news•5 live references•NVD data
CVE-2017-20279Extensions · Joomla_payage
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
33
Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 67% of all CVEs
Weaknesses (CWE)
Description
Joomla Payage 2.05 contains an SQL injection vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to manipulate database queries by injecting SQL code through the aid parameter. Attackers can send GET requests to index.php with malicious aid values in the make_payment task to extract sensitive database information using boolean-based blind or time-based blind techniques.
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-2017-20279Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.
Shodan · product + version
product:"Extensions Joomla Payage" version:"2.05"Version-pinned fingerprint from NVD's first vulnerable CPE.
Shodan · banner/body mention
http.html:"Joomla Payage"HTTP body or banner mentions "Joomla Payage" — catches deploys Shodan didn't identify as a product.
More intel sources (5)
Shodan report
vuln:CVE-2017-20279Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2017-20279Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.
grep.app
CVE-2017-20279Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.
GitHub code
CVE-2017-20279GitHub code search for direct mentions.
Google dork
"CVE-2017-20279" exploit -site:nvd.nist.govWrite-ups and news, NVD excluded.
Known PoCs on GitHub
No public proof-of-concept repositories found for CVE-2017-20279 on GitHub.