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high 7.5

CVE-2015-7857 in the critical feed json

SQL injection vulnerability in the getListQuery function in administrator/components/com_contenthistory/models/history.php in Joomla!

published 11y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2015-7755

cvss
7.5
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
94.5%
EPSS 94.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 99.8%
public exploits
2
Metasploit and Exploit-DB

Summary

SQL injection vulnerability in the getListQuery function in administrator/components/com_contenthistory/models/history.php in Joomla! 3.2 before 3.4.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the list[select] parameter to index.php.

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Timeline

  1. First public exploit (Metasploit exploit/unix/webapp/joomla_contenthistory_sqli_rce)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

94.47% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99.8% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • Metasploit exploit/unix/webapp/joomla_contenthistory_sqli_rce Joomla Content History SQLi Remote Code Execution metasploit exploit, excellent rank, 2015-10-23
  • EDB-38797 Joomla! 3.4.4 Component Content History - SQL Injection / Remote Code Execution (Metasploit) remote, 2015-11-23
  • trustwave.com https://www.trustwave.com/Resources/SpiderLabs-Blog/Joomla-SQL-Injection-Vulnerability-Exploit-Results-in-Full-Administrative-Access/ 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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