CVE-2020-37218
Published: 13 May 2026
Summary
CVE-2020-37218 is a high-severity SQL Injection (CWE-89) vulnerability in Hdwplayer (inferred from references). Its CVSS base score is 8.8 (High).
Operationally, ranked at the 18.7th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.
OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2020-31219
Vulnerability details
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…
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hdwplayersearch parameter to extract sensitive database information from the hdwplayer_videos table.
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