CVE-2008-2180

Exp

Multiple SQL injection vulnerabilities in cpLinks 1.03, when magic_quotes_gpc is disabled, allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the (1) admin_username parameter (aka the username field) to admin/index.php and the (2) search_text and (3) search_category parameters to search.php. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Published: 2008-05-13 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2008-2180 is rated High Exploit Risk (64.9/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.49%). 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-2008-2180

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
5538 exploit_db edb 2008-05-04 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-2180

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 2025-11-29 0.43% 0.49% +0.06%
2 2025-07-03 0.19% 0.43% +0.24%
3 2025-03-30 0.19%

Full EPSS history (10 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-2180

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-2008-2180

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-2180

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
cplinks cplinks 1.03 cpe:2.3:a:cplinks:cplinks:1.03:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-2180

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