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.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
4.0.12CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ordasoft:medialibrary:4.0.12:*:*:*:basic: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.