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Description

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 hdwplayersearch parameter to extract sensitive database information from the hdwplayer_videos table.

PUBLISHED Reserved 2026-05-13 | Published 2026-05-13 | Updated 2026-05-14 | Assigner VulnCheck




HIGH: 8.8CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
HIGH: 8.2CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N

Problem types

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')

Product status

4.2
affected

Credits

qw3rTyTy finder

References

www.exploit-db.com/exploits/48242 (ExploitDB-48242) exploit

www.hdwplayer.com/ (Official Product Homepage) product

www.hdwplayer.com/download/ (Product Reference) product

www.vulncheck.com/...-hdwplayer-sql-injection-via-search-php (VulnCheck Advisory: Joomla com_hdwplayer 4.2 SQL Injection via search.php) third-party-advisory

cve.org (CVE-2020-37218)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2020-37218)

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