What is CVE-2018-17383?

CVE-2018-17383 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Thephpfactory Collection Factory, classified under SQL Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2018-09-28.

How severe is CVE-2018-17383?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

SQL Injection in Thephpfactory Collection Factory

CVE-2018-17383

SQL Injection exists in the Collection Factory 4.1.9 component for Joomla! via the filter_order or filter_order_Dir parameter.

Vulnerability class: SQL Injection

Published 2018-09-28 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.032 (87.8th percentile), scored 2026-10-03.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 88th percentile — 87.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.032 · newest: 0.032 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Thephpfactory Collection Factory — versions 4.1.9

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-89 — SQL Injection

References

www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45474/ (Exploit, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, exploit)
packetstormsecurity.com/files/149530/Joomla-Collection-Factory-4.1.9-SQL-Inject… (Exploit, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-17383?: CVE-2018-17383 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Thephpfactory Collection Factory, classified under SQL Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2018-09-28.
How severe is CVE-2018-17383?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.