What is CVE-2017-15946?

CVE-2017-15946 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Selfget Tag Meta, classified under SQL Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2017-10-28.

How severe is CVE-2017-15946?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

SQL Injection in Selfget Tag Meta

CVE-2017-15946

In the com_tag component 1.7.6 for Joomla!, a SQL injection vulnerability is located in the `tag` parameter to index.php. The request method to execute is GET.

Vulnerability class: SQL Injection

Published 2017-10-28 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.011 (64.7th percentile), scored 2026-10-24.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 65th percentile — 64.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.011 · newest: 0.011 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Selfget Tag Meta — versions 1.7.6

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-89 — SQL Injection

References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/101942 (vdb-entry)
www.vulnerability-lab.com/get_content.php (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-15946?: CVE-2017-15946 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Selfget Tag Meta, classified under SQL Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2017-10-28.
How severe is CVE-2017-15946?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.