CVE-2008-0159

Exp

SQL injection vulnerability in index.php in eggBlog 3.1.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the eggblogpassword parameter in a cookie.

Published: 2008-01-09 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2008-0159 is rated Exploit Available (59.3/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.29%). Core evidence: 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2008-0159

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
4860 exploit_db edb 2008-01-07 Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-0159

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 2025-03-30 0.42% 0.29% -0.13%
2 2025-03-29 0.29% 0.42% +0.13%
3 2025-03-17 0.29%

Full EPSS history (5 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-0159

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.8 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/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:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
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.
8.6 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2008-0159

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-0159

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
eggblog eggblog <= 3.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:eggblog:eggblog:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-0159

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