CVE-2008-5571

Exp

SQL injection vulnerability in admin/login.asp in Professional Download Assistant 0.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the (1) uname parameter (aka user field) or the (2) psw parameter (aka passwd field). NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Published: 2008-12-15 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2008-5571 is rated High Exploit Risk (73.6/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.35%). Core evidence: 2 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-2008-5571

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
32653 exploit_db edb 2008-12-09 Exploit-DB ↗
7390 exploit_db edb 2008-12-09 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-5571

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 2026-02-04 0.67% 1.35% +0.68%
2 2025-03-30 0.83% 0.67% -0.16%
3 2025-03-29 0.83%

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-5571

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-2008-5571

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-5571

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
dotnetindex professional_download_assistant 0.1 cpe:2.3:a:dotnetindex:professional_download_assistant:0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-5571

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