What is CVE-2017-17875?

CVE-2017-17875 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Jextn Faq Pro, classified under SQL Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2017-12-27.

How severe is CVE-2017-17875?

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

Is CVE-2017-17875 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

SQL Injection in Jextn Faq Pro

CVE-2017-17875

The JEXTN FAQ Pro extension 4.0.0 for Joomla! has SQL Injection via the id parameter in a view=category action.

Vulnerability class: SQL Injection

Published 2017-12-27 · 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: 0.027 (85.5th percentile), scored 2026-10-24.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 86th percentile — 85.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.027 · newest: 0.027 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Jextn Faq Pro — versions 4.0.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-89 — SQL Injection

Public proof-of-concept exploits

ARPSyndicate/cvemon

References

www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43393/ (Exploit, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, exploit)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-17875?: CVE-2017-17875 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Jextn Faq Pro, classified under SQL Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2017-12-27.
How severe is CVE-2017-17875?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2017-17875 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.