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CVE-2017-18345

31
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-18345 describes an arbitrary file download vulnerability in the Joomanager component (through version 2.0.0) for Joomla!. This flaw allows an unauthenticated attacker to download sensitive files, specifically the configuration.php file, which contains database credentials. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (Critical), this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with no user interaction, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While no public exploits (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB) or active exploitation (KEV) are currently reported, and community discussion is minimal, the high FAUCET Risk Score of 82/100 indicates its significant potential impact.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 2.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:joomanager_project:joomanager:*:*:*:*:*:joomla\!:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

9.8CRITICAL

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.97%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
85.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0297 is in the 77th percentile among its peer group of 36,829 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

cxsecurity.com / issue/WLB-2018030054
ExploitThird Party Advisory
vel.joomla.org / vel-blog/2020-joomanager-2-0-0-other
MitigationVendor Advisory
exploit-db.com / exploits/44252
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry