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CVE-2018-5973

50
FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-5973 describes a critical SQL Injection vulnerability in eihitech Professional Local Directory Script 1.0, specifically affecting the sellers_subcategories.php and suppliers.php scripts through the IndustryID and CategoryID parameters. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 9.8, indicating a severe risk due to its network-based attack vector, low complexity, and complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed on the KEV catalog or showing active exploitation, a public exploit (EDB-43870) is available, though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:eihitech:professional_local_directory_script:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
20.10%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
97.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-43870 · Jan 24, 2018
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.2010 is in the 94th percentile among its peer group of 36,833 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

packetstormsecurity.com / files/146071/Professional-Local-Directory-Script-1.0-SQL-Injection.html
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
exploit-db.com / exploits/43870
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry