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Vulnerability · CVE-2017-8917

Joomla! Joomla! Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')

Published Sep 11, 2026 · catalog updated Sep 11, 2026 · Joomla! Joomla!

Patch now

CVE-2017-8917 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog. Confirm Joomla! Joomla! against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Severity
Unknown—
Known exploitation
CISA KEV and VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
99.83%
Remediation
Remediation guidance
Affected products
vendor Joomla! Joomla!

SQL injection vulnerability in Joomla! 3.7.x before 3.7.1 allows attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via unspecified vectors. Initial-access exploit intelligence.

Are you affected?

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  • vendor Joomla! Joomla!version unspecified

How to fix CVE-2017-8917

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

CVE-2017-8917 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog. Confirm Joomla! Joomla! against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Which versions are affected?

Affected version ranges are not on this record. Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 99.83%. The CISA KEV listing is the exploitation evidence. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Sep 11, 2026 · VulnCheck KEV

    Detected

    SQL injection vulnerability in Joomla! 3.7.x before 3.7.1 allows attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via unspecified vectors. Initial-access exploit intelligence.

  2. Sep 11, 2026 · CISA KEV

    Known exploited

    Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2017-8917

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2017-8917

    30-day exploitation probability 99.8%

    first.org
  • VulnCheck KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2017-8917

    SQL injection vulnerability in Joomla! 3.7.x before 3.7.1 allows attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via unspecified vectors.

    vulncheck.com

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 17, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.