CVE-2008-5978

Exp

Multiple SQL injection vulnerabilities in Ocean12 Mailing List Manager Gold allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the Email parameter to (1) default.asp and (2) s_edit.asp.

Published: 2009-01-27 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2008-5978 is rated High Exploit Risk (71.2/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.84%). Core evidence: 3 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-2008-5978

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
7319 exploit_db edb 2008-12-02 Exploit-DB ↗
32603 exploit_db edb 2008-11-29 Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-5978

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 2026-03-19 0.72% 0.84% +0.12%
2 2026-01-27 0.64% 0.72% +0.07%
3 2025-12-21 0.64%

Full EPSS history (12 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-5978

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-2008-5978

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-5978

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
ocean12_technologies mailing_list_manager _nil_ cpe:2.3:a:ocean12_technologies:mailing_list_manager:_nil_:gold:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-5978

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