What is CVE-2018-17988?

CVE-2018-17988 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Layerbb, classified under SQL Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2019-03-07.

How severe is CVE-2018-17988?

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

SQL Injection in Layerbb

CVE-2018-17988

LayerBB 1.1.1 and 1.1.3 has SQL Injection via the search.php search_query parameter.

Vulnerability class: SQL Injection

Published 2019-03-07 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.020 (80.5th percentile), scored 2026-10-02.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 80th percentile — 80.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.020 · newest: 0.020 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Layerbb — versions 1.1.1, 1.1.3

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-89 — SQL Injection

References

www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45530/ (Exploit, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, exploit)
github.com/AndyRixon/LayerBB/issues/51 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-17988?: CVE-2018-17988 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Layerbb, classified under SQL Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2019-03-07.
How severe is CVE-2018-17988?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.