CVE-2008-2191

Exp

SQL injection vulnerability in the pnEncyclopedia module 0.2.0 and earlier for PostNuke allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the id parameter in a display_term action to index.php.

Published: 2008-05-14 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2008-2191 is rated High Exploit Risk (67.7/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.72%). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). 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-2008-2191

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
5541 exploit_db edb 2008-05-05 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-2191

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 2026-04-21 0.63% 0.72% +0.09%
2 2026-03-22 0.53% 0.63% +0.10%
3 2025-11-29 — 0.53% —

Full EPSS history (19 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-2191

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-2008-2191

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-2191

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
postnuke_software_foundation pnencyclopedia <= 0.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:postnuke_software_foundation:pnencyclopedia:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-2191

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