CVE-2020-37218

HIGH 8.2

Joomla com_hdwplayer 4.2 SQL Injection via search.php

CVSS Score

8.2

EPSS Score

0.0%

EPSS Percentile

0th

Joomla com_hdwplayer 4.2 contains an SQL injection vulnerability in the search.php file that allows unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary SQL queries by injecting malicious code through the hdwplayersearch parameter. Attackers can submit POST requests with crafted SQL payloads in the hdwplayersearch parameter to extract sensitive database information from the hdwplayer_videos table.

CWE	CWE-89
Vendor	hdwplayer
Product	com_hdwplayer
Published	May 13, 2026

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CVSS v3 Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

Low

Availability

None

Affected Versions

Hdwplayer / com_hdwplayer

4.2

References

NVD ↗ CVE.org ↗ EPSS Data ↗

exploit-db.com: https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/48242 hdwplayer.com: https://www.hdwplayer.com/ hdwplayer.com: https://www.hdwplayer.com/download/ vulncheck.com: https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/joomla-com-hdwplayer-sql-injection-via-search-php

Credits

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