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high 7.5

CVE-2009-4785 json

SQL injection vulnerability in the Quick News (com_quicknews) component for Joomla!

published 16y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2009-4748

cvss
7.5
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.1%
EPSS 1.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 65%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

SQL injection vulnerability in the Quick News (com_quicknews) component for Joomla! allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the newsid parameter in a view_item action to index.php.

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Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-10252)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

1.08% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 65% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-10252 Joomla! Component Quick News - SQL Injection webapps, 2009-11-30
  • packetstormsecurity.org http://packetstormsecurity.org/0911-exploits/joomla-quicknews.txt referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37161 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-89 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command

References

Sources

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