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VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2018-5978

SQL Injection exists in Facebook Style Php Ajax Chat Zechat 1.5 via the login.php User field.

EXPLOITCRITICAL 9.8EPSS 2.65%

Does this matter?

A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB 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.

Description

SQL Injection exists in Facebook Style Php Ajax Chat Zechat 1.5 via the login.php User field.

CVSS 3.0
9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
2.65% probability · 86th percentile
Public exploits
1 in Exploit-DB · first 23 January 2018
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-89
Affected
zechat project/zechat
Source
cve@mitre.org
EPSS trend
0%3%5%27 October 2026: 2.65%27 October 202627 October 2026

EPSS 2.7% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

Public exploits (1)

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-43865source ↗Zechat 1.5 - SQL Injectionphp · Ihsan Sencanwebapps23 January 2018no

References

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