# Komento (com_komento) 4.0.0 to below 4.0.8 - Unauthenticated SQL Injection

[Joomla Vulnerability Database](https://mysites.guru/vulnerabilities/)/CVE-2025-54294

CVE-2025-54294CriticalCVSS 9.3CVE published 23 July 2025

# Komento (com\_komento) 4.0.0 to below 4.0.8 - Unauthenticated SQL Injection

Komento commenting component by StackIdeas. CVE-2025-54294: SQL injection exploitable by unprivileged users. Affects 4.0.0-4.0.7, fixed in 4.0.8. Earlier 3.x/2.x branches are not affected by this vector.

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## Is my site affected?

- **Affected** - Komento from 4.0.0 up to but not including 4.0.8
- **Fixed in** - 4.0.8
- **What to do** - Update Komento to 4.0.8 or later.

[Check whether your sites are affected](https://mysites.guru/free-audit/)

## How CVE-2025-54294 is scored

The base metrics as Joomla CNA published them, and what each one means for a site running an affected version. Threat and environmental metrics are left out: they describe a moment or a particular install rather than the flaw.

9.3 Critical

CVSS 4.0, scored by Joomla CNA

`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N`

### How it is reached

- **AV:N Attack vector** - Network. Reachable across the internet
- **AC:L Attack complexity** - Low. Nothing to work around, it just works
- **AT:N Attack requirements** - None. Works against any affected install
- **PR:N Privileges required** - None. No account needed
- **UI:N User interaction** - None. Nobody has to be tricked into anything

### What it does to the site

- **VC:H Confidentiality** - High. Everything the site holds can be read
- **VI:H Integrity** - High. Data and files can be altered at will
- **VA:N Availability** - None. The site stays up

### What it does beyond the site

- **SC:N Confidentiality** - None. Other systems keep their data
- **SI:N Integrity** - None. Other systems keep their integrity
- **SA:N Availability** - None. Other systems stay up

## Timeline

1.  23 July 2025CVE-2025-54294 record published by its CNA

## Rule details

[CVE-2025-54294](https://mysites.guru/vulnerabilities/CVE-2025-54294/)

Komento

Affected versions: ≥ 4.0.0 and < 4.0.8

Full advisory: [nvd.nist.gov](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-54294)

## Other vulnerabilities in Komento

Updating for CVE-2025-54294 alone can leave a site on a release another rule still matches. These are the other flaws we check for in the same extension.

### Komento

Latest safe version: 4.0.8

## References

-   [CVE-2025-54294 on cve.org (the official CVE record)](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-54294)
-   [CVE-2025-54294 in the NIST National Vulnerability Database](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-54294)

## CVE-2025-54294 questions

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Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-54294?

[CVE-2025-54294](https://mysites.guru/vulnerabilities/CVE-2025-54294/) affects Komento from 4.0.0 up to but not including 4.0.8. The fix is in 4.0.8.

How do I fix CVE-2025-54294?

Update Komento to 4.0.8 or later. Then confirm the installed version on the Joomla administrator's Extensions: Manage screen.

How severe is CVE-2025-54294?

Joomla CNA scores it 9.3 (Critical) under CVSS 4.0. In plain terms: reachable across the internet, no account needed and nobody has to be tricked into anything.

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Rules current as of 14 October 2026.