High severity8.2NVD Advisory· Published May 13, 2026· Updated May 13, 2026

CVE-2020-37218

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.

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Affected products

Joomla/Joomla!llm-fuzzy
Range: = 4.2

Patches

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References

www.exploit-db.com/exploits/48242nvd
www.hdwplayer.comnvd
www.hdwplayer.com/download/nvd
www.vulncheck.com/advisories/joomla-com-hdwplayer-sql-injection-via-search-phpnvd

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