CVE-2017-20259: Joomlashack Osdownloads

High severity, CVSS 8.2. EPSS: 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Joomla OSDownloads 1.7.4 contains an SQL injection vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary SQL queries by injecting malicious code through the id parameter. Attackers can send GET requests to index.php with option=com_osdownloads&view=item&id=[SQL] to extract sensitive database information including credentials and configuration data.

Affected products

• Joomlashack Osdownloads: version 1.7.4 only

Published 2026-06-19. Last modified 2026-08-19.