CVE-2009-2395 EXPLOIT
7.5
HIGH · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 3% (pctl 87)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
SQL injection vulnerability in the K2 (com_k2) component 1.0.1 Beta and earlier for Joomla! allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the category parameter in an itemlist action to index.php.
Scoring
| CVSS | 7.5 (HIGH, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| EPSS | 3.03% — more likely to be exploited than 87% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-89 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2009-07-09 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (2)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| joomla | joomla\! |
| joomlaworks | com k2 |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Joomla! Component com_K2 -q 1.0.1b - 'category' SQL Injection | 2009-06-29 |
References
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