---
id: CVE-2017-20254
title: Joomla! Component User Bench 1.0 SQL Injection via userid
summary: >-
  Joomla! Component User Bench 1.0 contains an SQL injection vulnerability that
  allows unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary SQL queries by injecting
  malicious code through the userid parameter. Attackers can send GET requests
  to …
severity: high
cvss: 8.2
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N'
cvssSource: cna
cwe:
  - CWE-89
vendor: Gegabyte
product: User Bench
affected:
  - user_bench 1.0
ssvc:
  exploitation: poc
  automatable: 'yes'
  technicalImpact: partial
  timestamp: '2026-06-22T19:37:03.082649Z'
exploitAvailable: true
published: '2026-06-19'
updated: '2026-10-01'
sourceUpdated: '2026-10-01T15:19:02.756Z'
source: CVEORG
sourceUrl: 'https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-20254'
references:
  - url: 'https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43357'
    label: ExploitDB-43357
  - url: 'http://www.gegabyte.org/'
    label: Official Product Homepage
  - url: >-
      https://extensions.joomla.org/extensions/extension/directory-a-documentation/directory/user-bench/
    label: Product Reference
  - url: >-
      https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/joomla-component-user-bench-sql-injection-via-userid
    label: >-
      VulnCheck Advisory: Joomla! Component User Bench 1.0 SQL Injection via
      userid
tags:
  - cve.org
  - exploit-available
epss: 0.00492
epssPercentile: 0.40016
ingestedAt: '2026-10-01T15:48:17.892Z'
---

## Overview

Joomla! Component User Bench 1.0 contains an SQL injection vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary SQL queries by injecting malicious code through the userid parameter. Attackers can send GET requests to index.php with the option=com_userbench&view=detail&userid parameter containing SQL injection payloads to extract sensitive database information including credentials and configuration data.

## Affected

- `user_bench 1.0`

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.