CVE-2008-2968

Exp

SQL injection vulnerability in rating.php in Academic Web Tools (AWT YEKTA) 1.4.3.1, and 1.4.2.8 and earlier, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the book_id parameter.

Published: 2008-07-02 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2008-2968 is rated High Exploit Risk (71/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.82%). 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-2008-2968

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
5861 exploit_db edb 2008-06-19 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-2968

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 2025-08-22 0.56% 0.82% +0.26%
2 2025-07-02 0.54% 0.56% +0.01%
3 2025-03-30 0.54%

Full EPSS history (13 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-2968

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-2008-2968

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-2968

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
yektaweb academic_web_tools <= 1.4.2.8 cpe:2.3:a:yektaweb:academic_web_tools:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
yektaweb academic_web_tools <= 1.4.3.1 cpe:2.3:a:yektaweb:academic_web_tools:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-2968

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