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CVE-2018-5993

Status: ModifiedCritical (9.8)—Exploit
Severity9.8Critical · CVSS 3.0
Exploitation probability2.65 %higher than 86% of CVEs
Active exploitationNonot in the CISA catalog
Public exploitAvailablePublished on Exploit-DB

SQL Injection exists in the Aist through 2.0 component for Joomla! via the id parameter in a view=showvacancy request.

CVSS

Base score
9.8
Version
3.0
Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
2.65 %
Percentile among all scored CVEs
86
Score date
10/22/2026

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

Public exploits

Exploit code or detection templates are publicly available. This is not the same as confirmed active exploitation (KEV), but it raises the risk: patch with priority.

Affected technologies (1)

Aist Project — Aist

CWEs

References

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