{"id":"CVE-2018-5975","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2018-5975","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T22:11:09.249Z","title":"SQL Injection exists in the Smart Shoutbox 3.0.0 component for Joomla! via the shoutauthor parameter to the archive URI.","description":"SQL Injection exists in the Smart Shoutbox 3.0.0 component for Joomla! via the shoutauthor parameter to the archive URI.","published":"2018-02-17T07:29:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T02:01:06.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":9.8,"severity":"CRITICAL","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-89"],"affected":["thekrotek/smart shoutbox"],"epss":{"score":0.02652,"percentile":0.8556,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":true,"firstPublished":"2018-02-16","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":44127,"kind":"exploit","title":"Joomla! Component Smart Shoutbox 3.0.0 - SQL Injection","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44127","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/php/webapps/44127.txt","file":"exploits/php/webapps/44127.txt","published":"2018-02-16","added":"2018-02-16","updated":"2018-02-16","author":"Ihsan Sencan","type":"webapps","platform":"php","port":80,"verified":true,"codes":["CVE-2018-5975"],"tags":"SQL Injection (SQLi)","aliases":null,"applicationUrl":null,"screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":null}]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB (verified) and the impact is critical, while EPSS rates exploitation at 2.7%. Anyone can run this; patch or mitigate before the next change window and check exposed instances for signs of use."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://exploit-db.com/exploits/44127","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://exploit-db.com/exploits/44127","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-5975","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."}