CVE-2018-17398 describes a critical SQL Injection vulnerability in the AMGallery 1.2.3 component for Joomla!, specifically exploitable via the filter_category_id parameter. With a CVSS score of 9.8, this vulnerability allows unauthenticated attackers to remotely execute arbitrary SQL commands with low attack complexity, potentially leading to full compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no evidence of active exploitation in the wild (KEV: No) and no public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB: None), the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion with 10 mentions, indicating awareness.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.2.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:arenam:amgallery:1.2.3:*:*:*:*: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.