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Fencer Intel
critical 9.8

CVE-2018-17254 in the critical feed json

The JCK Editor component 6.4.4 for Joomla!

published 8y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2018-9012

cvss
9.8
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
83.0%
EPSS 83.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 99.6%
public exploits
2
Exploit-DB, plus a Nuclei check

Summary

The JCK Editor component 6.4.4 for Joomla! allows SQL Injection via the jtreelink/dialogs/links.php parent parameter.

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Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-45423)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

82.98% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99.6% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-49627 Joomla JCK Editor 6.4.4 - 'parent' SQL Injection (2) webapps, 2021-03-08
  • EDB-45423 Joomla! Component JCK Editor 6.4.4 - 'parent' SQL Injection webapps, 2018-09-17
  • Nuclei template Joomla! JCK Editor SQL Injection nuclei detection template
  • packetstormsecurity.com http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/161683/Joomla-JCK-Editor-6.4.4-SQL-Injection.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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

Fencer Intel keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.