SOC status:Duty analyst on shift

UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2018-6394

SQL Injection exists in the InviteX 3.0.5 component for Joomla! via the invite_type parameter in a view=invites action.

EXPLOIT ✓CRITICAL 9.8EPSS 2.65%

Does this matter?

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.

Description

SQL Injection exists in the InviteX 3.0.5 component for Joomla! via the invite_type parameter in a view=invites action.

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 · verified · first 16 February 2018
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-89
Affected
techjoomla/invitex
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-44114source ↗Joomla! Component InviteX 3.0.5 - 'invite_type' SQL Injectionphp · Ihsan Sencanwebapps16 February 2018yes

References

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