CVE-2018-5992 describes a critical SQL Injection vulnerability in the Staff Master component, specifically version 1.0 RC 1, for Joomla! websites. This flaw allows unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands by manipulating the 'name' parameter in a 'view=staff' request. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (Critical), successful exploitation grants full confidentiality, integrity, and availability compromise of the affected system. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, public exploit code is available on ExploitDB, though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:staff_master_project:staff_master:*:*:*:*:*:joomla\!:*:* | ||
1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:staff_master_project:staff_master:1.0:rc1:*:*:*: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.