CVE-2008-6040

Exp

SQL injection vulnerability in index.php in Arcadem Pro 2.700 through 2.802 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the articlecat parameter, probably related to includes/articleblock.php.

Published: 2009-02-03 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2008-6040 is rated High Exploit Risk (68/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.19%). Core evidence: 1 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-2008-6040

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-6040

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 0.46% 1.19% +0.72%
2 2025-03-17 0.25% 0.46% +0.21%
3 2023-03-07 0.25%

Full EPSS history (4 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-6040

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-2008-6040

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-6040

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
agares_media arcadem_pro 2.700 cpe:2.3:a:agares_media:arcadem_pro:2.700:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
agares_media arcadem_pro 2.707 cpe:2.3:a:agares_media:arcadem_pro:2.707:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
agares_media arcadem_pro 2.802 cpe:2.3:a:agares_media:arcadem_pro:2.802:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-6040

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