CVE-2008-5000

Exp

SQL injection vulnerability in admin/includes/news.inc.php in PHPX 3.5.16, when magic_quotes_gpc is disabled, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via uppercase characters in the news_id parameter.

Published: 2008-11-10 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2008-5000 is rated High Exploit Risk (62.4/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.95%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2008-5000

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
6996 exploit_db edb 2008-11-05 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-5000

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 0.48% 0.95% +0.46%
2 2025-12-31 0.38% 0.48% +0.11%
3 2025-12-19 — 0.38% —

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-5000

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-2008-5000

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-5000

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
phpx phpx 3.5.16 cpe:2.3:a:phpx:phpx:3.5.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-5000

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