CVE-2017-7290: Xoops

High severity, CVSS 7.2. EPSS: 2.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

SQL injection vulnerability in XOOPS 2.5.7.2 and other versions before 2.5.8.1 allows remote authenticated administrators to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the url parameter to findusers.php. An example attack uses "into outfile" to create a backdoor program.

Affected products

• Xoops Xoops: version 2.5.7.2 only; version 2.5.7.3 only; version 2.5.8.1 only

Published 2017-03-30. Last modified 2026-06-17.