CVE-2008-3954

Exp

SQL injection vulnerability in index.php in AlstraSoft Forum Pay Per Post Exchange allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the cat parameter in a showcat action.

Published: 2008-09-11 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2008-3954 is rated High Exploit Risk (67/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.18%). Core evidence: 3 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-2008-3954

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
6401 exploit_db edb 2008-09-09 Exploit-DB ↗
6396 exploit_db edb 2008-09-07 Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-3954

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 1.44% 1.18% -0.26%
2 2025-12-12 1.05% 1.44% +0.39%
3 2025-10-30 1.05%

Full EPSS history (11 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-3954

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-2008-3954

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-3954

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
alstrasoft forum_pay_per_post_exchange cpe:2.3:a:alstrasoft:forum_pay_per_post_exchange:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-3954

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