SQL injection vulnerability in the Q-Personel (com_qpersonel) component 1.0.2 and earlier for Joomla!

published 2010-05-04 16y ago modified 2026-06-16 4mo ago also EUVD-2010-1740

cvss: 7.5; version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 1.2%; EPSS 1.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 67%
public exploits: 2; Exploit-DB

SQL injection vulnerability in the Q-Personel (com_qpersonel) component 1.0.2 and earlier for Joomla! allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the katid parameter in a qpListele action to index.php.

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Timeline

2010-04-13 First public exploit (EDB-12200)
2010-05-04 Published

Exploit prediction

1.16% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 67% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

EDB-12723 Joomla! Component Q-Personel 1.0 - SQL Injection webapps, 2010-05-24
EDB-12200 Joomla! Component QPersonel 1.0.2 - SQL Injection webapps, 2010-04-13
securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/39466 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	2.0	7.5	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness

CWE-89 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command

References

exploit-db.com /exploits/12200
exploit
securityfocus.com /bid/39466
vdb-entry, exploit
secunia.com /advisories/39445
third-party-advisory, vendor-advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com /vulnerabilities/57775
vdb-entry
osvdb.org /63894
vdb-entry
xenuser.org /documents/security/qpersonel_sql.txt

Sources

CVE List CVE-2010-1720
NVD CVE-2010-1720

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