CVE-2018-6398 describes a critical SQL Injection vulnerability found in version 3.0.1 of the CP Event Calendar component for Joomla!. This flaw allows an unauthenticated attacker to inject malicious SQL queries through the 'id' parameter when performing a 'task=load' action, impacting the joomlacalendars event_calendar product. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL), the vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the affected system. While not listed on the KEV catalog, public exploit code is available on ExploitDB (EDB-43932), and it has garnered significant community discussion, indicating awareness among security researchers.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
3.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:joomlacalendars:event_calendar:3.0.1:*:*:*:*: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
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