CVE-2008-4524

Exp

SQL injection vulnerability in the "Check User" feature (includes/check_user.php) in AdaptCMS Lite and AdaptCMS Pro 1.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the user_name parameter.

Published: 2008-10-09 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2008-4524 is rated High Exploit Risk (67.8/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.25%). 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-2008-4524

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
6662 exploit_db edb 2008-10-03 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-4524

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 1.38% 1.25% -0.13%
2 2025-12-14 1.23% 1.38% +0.15%
3 2025-11-29 1.23%

Full EPSS history (17 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-4524

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-2008-4524

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2008-4524

GHSA-qrw3-mq8r-cq7q · Severity: high · Ecosystem: composer — AdaptCMS SQL Injection vulnerability

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-4524

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
adaptcms adaptcms 1.3 cpe:2.3:a:adaptcms:adaptcms:1.3:unknown:lite:*:*:*:*:*
adaptcms adaptcms 1.3 cpe:2.3:a:adaptcms:adaptcms:1.3:unknown:pro:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-4524

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