CVE-2015-7857

Exp

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.

Published: 2015-10-29 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2015-7857 is rated High Exploit Risk (84.9/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 93.90%, 100th percentile). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +21.71% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2015-7857

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
38797 exploit_db edb 2015-11-23 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2015-7857

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 72.18% 93.90% +21.71%
2 2026-03-04 69.19% 72.18% +3.00%
3 2026-03-01 — 69.19% —

Full EPSS history (35 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2015-7857

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2015-7857

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2015-7857

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
joomla joomla\! 3.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:3.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
joomla joomla\! 3.2.1 cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:3.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
joomla joomla\! 3.2.2 cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:3.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
joomla joomla\! 3.2.3 cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:3.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
joomla joomla\! 3.2.4 cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:3.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
joomla joomla\! 3.3.0 cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:3.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
joomla joomla\! 3.3.1 cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:3.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
joomla joomla\! 3.3.2 cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:3.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
joomla joomla\! 3.3.3 cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:3.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
joomla joomla\! 3.3.4 cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:3.3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
joomla joomla\! 3.4.0 cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:3.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
joomla joomla\! 3.4.1 cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:3.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
joomla joomla\! 3.4.2 cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:3.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
joomla joomla\! 3.4.3 cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:3.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
joomla joomla\! 3.4.4 cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:3.4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2015-7857

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