CVE-2008-5874

Exp

Multiple SQL injection vulnerabilities in the Hotel Booking Reservation System (aka HBS) for Joomla! allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the id parameter in a showhoteldetails action to index.php in the (1) com_allhotels or (2) com_5starhotels module. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Published: 2009-01-08 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2008-5874 is rated High Exploit Risk (67.5/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.46%). Core evidence: 5 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-2008-5874

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
7575 exploit_db edb 2008-12-24 Exploit-DB ↗
7567 exploit_db edb 2008-12-23 Exploit-DB ↗
7568 exploit_db edb 2008-12-23 Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-5874

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 2026-02-28 0.36% 0.46% +0.11%
2 2025-12-30 0.17% 0.36% +0.19%
3 2025-03-27 0.17%

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-5874

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-2008-5874

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-5874

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
joomlahbs com_5starhotels _nil_ cpe:2.3:a:joomlahbs:com_5starhotels:_nil_:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
joomlahbs com_allhotels _nil_ cpe:2.3:a:joomlahbs:com_allhotels:_nil_:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
joomlahbs hotel_booking_reservation_system _nil_ cpe:2.3:a:joomlahbs:hotel_booking_reservation_system:_nil_:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-5874

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