CVE-2008-1408

Exp

SQL injection vulnerability in includes/functions/banners-external.php in phpBP 2 RC3 (2.204) FIX 4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the id parameter in a banner_out action.

Published: 2008-03-20 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2008-1408 is rated High Exploit Risk (72.2/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.07%). Core evidence: 1 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-2008-1408

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
5263 exploit_db edb 2008-03-16 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-1408

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 2026-02-25 1.02% 1.07% +0.05%
2 2025-05-10 0.59% 1.02% +0.43%
3 2025-03-30 0.59%

Full EPSS history (18 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-1408

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-2008-1408

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-1408

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
phpbp phpbp rc3_2.204 cpe:2.3:a:phpbp:phpbp:rc3_2.204:*:fix4:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-1408

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