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CVE-2018-17380

40
FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-17380 is a critical SQL Injection vulnerability affecting the Article Factory Manager 4.3.9 component for Joomla!, specifically through the start_date, m_start_date, or m_end_date parameters. It carries a CVSS score of 9.8, indicating a severe risk with no authentication or user interaction required for exploitation, potentially leading to full compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed on the KEV catalog, a public exploit (EDB-45477) is available, though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
4.3.9CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:thephpfactory:article_factory_manager:4.3.9:*:*:*:*: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
3.28%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
87.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-45477 · Sep 25, 2018
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0328 is in the 79th percentile among its peer group of 36,835 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

packetstormsecurity.com / files/149533/Joomla-Article-Factory-Manager-4.3.9-SQL-Injection.html
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
exploit-db.com / exploits/45477
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry