What is CVE-2018-5980?

CVE-2018-5980 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Solidres, classified under SQL Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2018-02-17.

How severe is CVE-2018-5980?

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

SQL Injection in Solidres

CVE-2018-5980

SQL Injection exists in the Solidres 2.5.1 component for Joomla! via the direction parameter in a hub.search action.

Vulnerability class: SQL Injection

Published 2018-02-17 · 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: 0.038 (89.6th percentile), scored 2026-09-28.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 90th percentile — 89.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.038 · newest: 0.038 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Solidres — versions 2.5.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-89 — SQL Injection

References

exploit-db.com/exploits/44128 (Exploit, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, exploit)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-5980?: CVE-2018-5980 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Solidres, classified under SQL Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2018-02-17.
How severe is CVE-2018-5980?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.