What is CVE-2017-17822?

CVE-2017-17822 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Piwigo, classified under SQL Injection. CVSS score: 4.9/10. Published 2017-12-21.

How severe is CVE-2017-17822?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.9 out of 10.

SQL Injection in Piwigo

CVE-2017-17822

The List Users API of Piwigo 2.9.2 is vulnerable to SQL Injection via the /admin/user_list_backend.php sSortDir_0 parameter. An attacker can exploit this to gain access to the data in a connected MySQL database.

Vulnerability class: SQL Injection

Published 2017-12-21 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.9 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.014 (70.8th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 71st percentile — 70.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.014 · newest: 0.014 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Piwigo — versions 2.9.2

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-89 — SQL Injection

References

github.com/sahildhar/sahildhar.github.io/blob/master/research/reports/Piwigo_2… (Third Party Advisory)
github.com/Piwigo/Piwigo/commit/33a03e9afb8fb00c9d8f480424d549311fe03d40 (Third Party Advisory)
github.com/Piwigo/Piwigo/issues/823 (Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-17822?: CVE-2017-17822 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Piwigo, classified under SQL Injection. CVSS score: 4.9/10. Published 2017-12-21.
How severe is CVE-2017-17822?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.9 out of 10.