CVE-2018-5993 describes a critical SQL Injection vulnerability in the Aist component (versions through 2.0) for Joomla!, specifically exploitable via the 'id' parameter in a 'view=showvacancy' request. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 9.8 (Critical), indicating it can be exploited remotely without authentication or user interaction, leading to full compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed on the KEV catalog or showing active exploitation, public exploit code (EDB-44106) is available, though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this flaw.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 2.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:aist_project:aist:*:*:*:*:*: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.