CVE-2015-7297
SQL injection vulnerability in Joomla! 3.2 before 3.4.4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via unspecified vectors,…
- 7.5HighCVSS base score
- 100.0%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 0.1% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 4Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
SQL injection vulnerability in Joomla! 3.2 before 3.4.4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-7858.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list 2 Metasploit modules, a Nuclei template and an Exploit-DB entry for it. A reference of the record is tagged as an exploit.
Show the exploits5
Metasploit modules2 modules
- Joomla Content History SQLi Remote Code Execution (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
exploit/unix/webapp/joomla_contenthistory_sqli_rceRank excellentdisclosed 23 Oct 2015
- Joomla com_contenthistory Error-Based SQL Injection (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
auxiliary/gather/joomla_contenthistory_sqliRank normaldisclosed 22 Oct 2015
Nuclei templates1 template
- Joomla! Core SQL Injection (Nuclei template) (opens in a new tab)
http/cves/2015/CVE-2015-7297.yamlSeverity high
Exploit-DB1 entry
- Joomla! 3.4.4 Component Content History - SQL Injection / Remote Code Execution (Metasploit) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 38797remote, phppublished 23 Nov 2015Verified
References tagged exploit1 reference
- 38797 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 38 days later
· 38 days later
Published
- 9 years later
· 9 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 | 2.0 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 100.0% · top 0.1% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
References9
- https://www.trustwave.com/Resources/SpiderLabs-Blog/Joomla-SQL-Injection-Vulnerability-Exploit-Results-in-Full-Administrative-Access/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://www.rapid7.com/db/modules/auxiliary/gather/joomla_contenthistory_sqli (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 77295 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 1033950 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- http://www.rapid7.com/db/modules/exploit/unix/webapp/joomla_contenthistory_sqli_rce (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 38797 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/134494/Joomla-Content-History-SQL-Injection-Remote-Code-Execution.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/134097/Joomla-3.44-SQL-Injection.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://developer.joomla.org/security-centre/628-20151001-core-sql-injection.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_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-2015-7226 (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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