CVE-2020-37218

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.

CVSS v4.0

8.8 HIGHCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

CVSS v3.1

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

EPSS

0.27% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 19th percentile

Published

2026-05-13

Updated

2026-05-14

Proof-of-concept exploits (1)

• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/48242

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry

Related

• CVE-2020-37217
• CVE-2020-37219
• CVE-2020-37215
• CVE-2020-37220
• CVE-2020-37214
• CVE-2020-37221