CVE-2017-20264

HIGH 7.1CVE-2017-20264 · Published 19/06/2026 · updated 19/08/2026

In short

CVE-2017-20264 is a HIGH (CVSS 7.1) vulnerability affecting sponsor wall (pulseextensions).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 0.45%, higher than 39.3% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
sponsor wall pulseextensions	`= 8.0`	No fix yet

Description

Joomla! Component Sponsor Wall 8.0 contains an SQL injection vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary SQL queries by injecting malicious code through the wallid parameter. Attackers can send GET requests to index.php with the option=com_sponsorwall&task=click&wallid parameter containing SQL injection payloads to extract sensitive database information including credentials and configuration data.

References

pulseextensions.com · Product
extensions.joomla.org/extensions/extension/ads-a-affiliates/sponsors/sponsor-wall · Product
exploit-db.com/exploits/42525 · Exploit
vulncheck.com/advisories/joomla-component-sponsor-wall-sql-injection · Third Party Advisory

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