CVE-2018-17397 is a critical SQL Injection vulnerability affecting the AlphaIndex Dictionaries 1.0 component for Joomla!, allowing unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the 'letter' parameter. With a CVSS score of 9.8, this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not currently on CISA's KEV catalog, public exploit code is available on ExploitDB, and it has garnered significant community discussion, indicating potential for future exploitation.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:multiplanet:alphaindex_dictionaries:1.0:*:*:*:*: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.