CVE-2008-2083

Exp

SQL injection vulnerability in directory.php in Prozilla Hosting Index, when magic_quotes_gpc is disabled, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the cat_id parameter in a list action.

Published: 2008-05-05 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2008-2083 is rated High Exploit Risk (69.7/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.11%). 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-2008-2083

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
5516 exploit_db edb 2008-04-28 Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-2083

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 2026-04-12 1.00% 1.11% +0.11%
2 2025-11-29 1.11% 1.00% -0.11%
3 2025-06-25 1.11%

Full EPSS history (11 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-2083

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-2008-2083

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-2083

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
prozilla hosting_index cpe:2.3:a:prozilla:hosting_index:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-2083

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