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CVE-2018-5211

40
FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-5211 describes a critical SQL Injection vulnerability (CWE-89) in PHP Melody version 2.7.1, specifically on the ajax.php page via the 'playlist' parameter. This flaw allows for time-based attacks, carrying a CVSS v3.0 score of 9.8, indicating a severe risk with complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability possible without user interaction. While not listed on the KEV catalog or Hot List, a public exploit (EDB-43409) exists, though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.7.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:phpsugar:php_melody:2.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
1.93%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
77.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-43409 · Dec 31, 2017
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0193 is in the 66th 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

exploit-db.com / exploits/43409
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry