CVE-2008-5226

Exp

SQL injection vulnerability in the MambAds (com_mambads) component 1.0 RC1 Beta and 1.0 RC1 for Mambo allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the ma_cat parameter in a view action to index.php, a different vector than CVE-2007-5177.

Published: 2008-11-25 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2008-5226 is rated High Exploit Risk (66/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.01%). 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-2008-5226

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
5692 exploit_db edb 2008-05-29 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-5226

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% 1.01% +0.53%
2 2026-01-15 0.37% 0.48% +0.11%
3 2025-12-04 — 0.37% —

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-5226

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-2008-5226

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-5226

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
mambads mambads 1.0 cpe:2.3:a:mambads:mambads:1.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
mambads mambads 1.0 cpe:2.3:a:mambads:mambads:1.0:rc1_beta:*:*:*:*:*:*
mambo mambo — cpe:2.3:a:mambo:mambo:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-5226

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