CVE-2018-5975

CRITICAL 9.8CVE-2018-5975 · Published 17/02/2018 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2018-5975 is a CRITICAL (CVSS 9.8) vulnerability affecting smart shoutbox (thekrotek).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 2.7%, higher than 85.7% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
smart shoutbox thekrotek	`= 3.0.0`	No fix yet

SQL Injection exists in the Smart Shoutbox 3.0.0 component for Joomla! via the shoutauthor parameter to the archive URI.

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