SOC status:Duty analyst on shift

UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2018-17254

The JCK Editor component 6.4.4 for Joomla! allows SQL Injection via the jtreelink/dialogs/links.php parent parameter.

EXPLOIT ×2 ✓CRITICAL 9.8EPSS 83.0%

Does this matter?

EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 83.0%, higher than 100% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

The JCK Editor component 6.4.4 for Joomla! allows SQL Injection via the jtreelink/dialogs/links.php parent parameter.

CVSS 3.1
9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
82.98% probability · 100th percentile
Public exploits
2 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 17 September 2018
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-89
Affected
arkextensions/jck editor
Source
cve@mitre.org
EPSS trend
0%43%85%27 October 2026: 82.98%27 October 202627 October 2026

EPSS 83.0% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

Public exploits (2)

Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.

EDB-IDTitleTypePublishedVerified
EDB-49627source ↗Joomla JCK Editor 6.4.4 - 'parent' SQL Injection (2)php · Nicholas Ferreirawebapps8 March 2021no
EDB-45423source ↗Joomla! Component JCK Editor 6.4.4 - 'parent' SQL Injectionphp · Hamza Megahedwebapps17 September 2018yes

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.