CVE-2017-17871

CRITICAL

JEXTN Question And Answer 3.1.0 - SQL Injection via an or ques-srch Parameter

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2017-17871. PoCs published by Ihsan Sencan.

AI-analyzed exploit summary The exploit demonstrates SQL injection in Joomla! Component JEXTN Question And Answer 3.1.0 via the 'an' parameter and a POST request. It includes payloads for extracting database and table names.

Description

The "JEXTN Question And Answer" extension 3.1.0 for Joomla! has SQL Injection via the an parameter in a view=tags action, or the ques-srch parameter.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by Ihsan Sencan · textwebappsphp
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43329

The exploit demonstrates SQL injection in Joomla! Component JEXTN Question And Answer 3.1.0 via the 'an' parameter and a POST request. It includes payloads for extracting database and table names.

Classification
Working Poc 90%
Attack Type
Sqli
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Joomla! Component JEXTN Question And Answer 3.1.0
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Access to the vulnerable Joomla component
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (1)

Core 1
Core References
Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry exploit x_refsource_exploit-db
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43329/

Scores

CVSS v3 9.8
EPSS 0.0265
EPSS Percentile 83.6%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-89
Status published
Products (1)
jextn/jextn_question_and_answer 3.1.0
Published Dec 27, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026