CVE-2015-4073
Multiple SQL injection vulnerabilities in the Helpdesk Pro plugin before 1.4.0 for Joomla! allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL…
- 9.8CriticalCVSS base score
- 4.2%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 9.0% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Multiple SQL injection vulnerabilities in the Helpdesk Pro plugin before 1.4.0 for Joomla! allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the (1) ticket_code or (2) email parameter or (3) remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the filter_order parameter.
Public exploit
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Show the exploits2
Exploit-DB1 entry
- Joomla! Component Helpdesk Pro < 1.4.0 - Multiple Vulnerabilities (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 37666webapps, phppublished 21 Jul 2015Not verified
References tagged exploit1 reference
- 37666 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
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Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 2 years later
· 2 years later
Published
- 7 years later
· 7 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 4.2% · top 9.0% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Critical 9.8.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
4
- 37666 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/132766/Joomla-Helpdesk-Pro-XSS-File-Disclosure-SQL-Injection.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 75971 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 20151231 Joomla! plugin Helpdesk Pro < 1.4.0 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2015-4099 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2015-4073)Record last updated .