CVE-2008-0173

SQL injection vulnerability in Gforge 4.6.99 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via unspecified parameters, related to RSS exports.

Published: 2008-01-15 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2008-0173 is rated Moderate Risk (53.3/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.60%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-0173

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 0.76% 0.60% -0.16%
2 2025-03-29 0.61% 0.76% +0.16%
3 2024-10-11 0.61%

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-0173

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/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:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
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.
10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2008-0173

OS Trackers for CVE-2008-0173

vendor priority summary link
ubuntu medium CVE-2008-0173 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (gforge), 9 status rows across 9 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, gutsy, hardy, intrepid, jaunty, karmic, upstream): ignored 4, not-affected 4, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2008-0173

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-0173

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
gforge gforge <= 4.6.99 cpe:2.3:a:gforge:gforge:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-0173

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