CVE-2018-17374 describes a critical SQL Injection vulnerability (CWE-89) in the Auction Factory 4.5.5 component for Joomla!, specifically exploitable via the filter_order_Dir or filter_order parameters. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL), this vulnerability allows an unauthenticated attacker to achieve full compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability over the affected system. Despite its high severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code in common frameworks like Metasploit or ExploitDB, nor significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
4.5.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:thephpfactory:auction_factory:4.5.5:*:*:*:*:joomla\!:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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.
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 records are not available for this CVE.