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CVE-2018-5971

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-5971 is a critical SQL Injection vulnerability affecting the MediaLibrary Free 4.0.12 component for Joomla!, specifically exploitable via the 'id' or 'mid' array parameters. With a CVSS score of 9.8, it presents a severe risk due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and potential for complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed on CISA's KEV catalog, public exploit code is available on ExploitDB, and it has garnered significant community discussion, indicating awareness among security researchers.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
4.0.12CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ordasoft:medialibrary:4.0.12:*:*:*:basic: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
2.70%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
84.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-44122 · Feb 16, 2018
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0270 is in the 75th 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/44122
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry