SQL injection vulnerability in categorydetail.php in Article Friendly Standard allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the Cat parameter.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2008-3649 is rated High Exploit Risk (64.1/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.12%). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.
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| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6167 | exploit_db | edb | 2008-07-30 | Exploit-DB ↗ |
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 | 2026-06-15 | 0.94% | 1.12% | +0.19% |
| 2 | 2025-10-03 | 0.47% | 0.94% | +0.47% |
| 3 | 2025-08-13 | — | 0.47% | — |
Full EPSS history (15 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6.8 | 2.0 | MEDIUM |
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8.6 | 6.4 | [email protected] |
: Regarding Access Complexity: http://secunia.com/advisories/31292: "Input passed to the "autid" parameter in authordetail.php and to the "Cat" parameter in categorydetail.php is not properly sanitised before being used in SQL queries. This can be exploited to manipulate SQL queries by injecting arbitrary SQL code. Successful exploitation requires that "magic_quotes_gpc" is disabled."
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| articlefriendly | article_friendly | — | cpe:2.3:a:articlefriendly:article_friendly:*:*:standard:*:*:*:*:* |