CVE-2015-7857

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 94.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2015-10-29 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-89

Description

SQL injection vulnerability in the getListQuery function in administrator/components/com_contenthistory/models/history.php in Joomla! 3.2 before 3.4.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the list[select] parameter to index.php.

Affected products

Joomla!: 3.2.0, 3.2.1, 3.2.2, 3.2.3, 3.2.4, 3.3.0 (+9)

References

http://developer.joomla.org/security-centre/628-20151001-core-sql-injection.html
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/134097/Joomla-3.44-SQL-Injection.html
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/134494/Joomla-Content-History-SQL-Injection-Remote-Code-Execution.html
http://www.rapid7.com/db/modules/exploit/unix/webapp/joomla_contenthistory_sqli_rce
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77295
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033950
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/38797/
https://www.trustwave.com/Resources/SpiderLabs-Blog/Joomla-SQL-Injection-Vulnerability-Exploit-Results-in-Full-Administrative-Access/
http://developer.joomla.org/security-centre/628-20151001-core-sql-injection.html
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/134097/Joomla-3.44-SQL-Injection.html
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/134494/Joomla-Content-History-SQL-Injection-Remote-Code-Execution.html
http://www.rapid7.com/db/modules/exploit/unix/webapp/joomla_contenthistory_sqli_rce

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