Is CVE-2017-20279 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2017-20279 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2017-20279?

CVE-2017-20279 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.2 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2017-20279?

CVE-2017-20279 has an EPSS score of 0.24% (14th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2017-20279

HIGH

8.2

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

Joomla Payage 2.05 contains an SQL injection vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to manipulate database queries by injecting SQL code through the aid parameter. Attackers can send GET requests to index.php with malicious aid values in the make_payment task to extract sensitive database information using boolean-based blind or time-based blind techniques.

CWE-89SQL Injection

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityLow

AvailabilityNone

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

Exploit Intelligence

0.24%probability of exploitation in 30 days

14thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 14% of all known CVEs.

References

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-06-22.