What is CVE-2014-7981?

CVE-2014-7981 is a vulnerability in Joomla Joomla\!, classified under SQL Injection. Published 2014-10-08.

Is CVE-2014-7981 known to be exploited?

2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

SQL Injection in Joomla Joomla\!

CVE-2014-7981

SQL injection vulnerability in Joomla! CMS 3.1.x and 3.2.x before 3.2.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via unspecified vectors.

Vulnerability class: SQL Injection

Published 2014-10-08 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v2 metric

CVSS v2 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.085 (94.9th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 95th percentile — 94.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.085 · newest: 0.085 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Joomla Joomla\! — versions 3.1.0, 3.1.1, 3.1.2

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-89 — SQL Injection

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

developer.joomla.org/security/578-20140301-core-sql-injection.html (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2014-7981?: CVE-2014-7981 is a vulnerability in Joomla Joomla\!, classified under SQL Injection. Published 2014-10-08.
Is CVE-2014-7981 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.