{"id":"CVE-2018-17859","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2018-17859","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T20:10:48.000Z","title":"Inadequate checks in com_contact could allow mail submission in disabled forms.","description":"An issue was discovered in Joomla! before 3.8.13. Inadequate checks in com_contact could allow mail submission in disabled forms.","published":"2018-10-09T21:29:01.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:46:25.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":4.3,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N"},"cwe":[],"affected":["joomla/joomla\\!"],"epss":{"score":0.01348,"percentile":0.71318,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.35%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105559","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041914","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://developer.joomla.org/security-centre/751-20181001-core-hardening-com-contact-contact-form.html","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105559","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041914","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://developer.joomla.org/security-centre/751-20181001-core-hardening-com-contact-contact-form.html","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-17859","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}