CVE-2018-5979
SQL Injection exists in Wchat Fully Responsive PHP AJAX Chat Script 1.5 via the login.php User...
SQL Injection exists in Wchat Fully Responsive PHP AJAX Chat Script 1.5 via the login.php User field.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
SQL Injection exists in Wchat Fully Responsive PHP AJAX Chat Script 1.5 via the login.php User field.
- Record
CVE-2018-5979- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 7.5 High
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-89
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
SQL Injection exists in Wchat Fully Responsive PHP AJAX Chat Script 1.5 via the login.php User field.
- Record
CVE-2018-5979- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2018-17744 No score
SQL Injection exists in Wchat Fully Responsive PHP AJAX Chat Script 1.5 via the login.php User field.
- Record
EUVD-2018-17744- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-hwxq-5cpx-mh92
SQL Injection exists in Wchat Fully Responsive PHP AJAX Chat Script 1.5 via the login.php User...
SQL Injection exists in Wchat Fully Responsive PHP AJAX Chat Script 1.5 via the login.php User field.
- Record
GHSA-hwxq-5cpx-mh92- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-89
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Public exploits
Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.
| Source | Link | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Exploit-DB | Wchat 1.5 - SQL Injection | 2018-01-23 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, Exploit-DB, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2018-5979 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in Wchat Project Wchat, published January 24, 2018. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 19.1%, the 97th percentile. No source names a fixed version.