SQL injection vulnerability in frs/shownotes.php in Gforge 4.5.19 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the release_id parameter.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2008-6187 is rated High Exploit Risk (68.9/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.54%). Core evidence: 3 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.
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| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6707 | exploit_db | edb | 2008-10-09 | Exploit-DB ↗ |
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | Exploit-DB ↗ | |
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | Exploit-DB ↗ |
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 | 2026-04-11 | 0.38% | 0.54% | +0.16% |
| 2 | 2025-12-16 | 0.22% | 0.38% | +0.16% |
| 3 | 2025-03-30 | — | 0.22% | — |
Full EPSS history (7 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7.5 | 2.0 | HIGH |
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10.0 | 6.4 | [email protected] |
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
ubuntu
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medium | CVE-2008-6187 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (gforge), 11 status rows across 11 suites (dapper, gutsy, hardy, intrepid, jaunty, karmic, lucid, maverick, natty, oneiric, upstream): ignored 4, not-affected 4, DNE 2, released 1. | https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2008-6187 |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| gforge | gforge | <= 4.5.19 | cpe:2.3:a:gforge:gforge:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| gforge | gforge | 3.0 | cpe:2.3:a:gforge:gforge:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| gforge | gforge | 3.1 | cpe:2.3:a:gforge:gforge:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| gforge | gforge | 3.2 | cpe:2.3:a:gforge:gforge:3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| gforge | gforge | 3.3 | cpe:2.3:a:gforge:gforge:3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| gforge | gforge | 3.21 | cpe:2.3:a:gforge:gforge:3.21:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| gforge | gforge | 4.5 | cpe:2.3:a:gforge:gforge:4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| gforge | gforge | 4.5.11 | cpe:2.3:a:gforge:gforge:4.5.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| gforge | gforge | 4.5.14 | cpe:2.3:a:gforge:gforge:4.5.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| gforge | gforge | 4.5.16 | cpe:2.3:a:gforge:gforge:4.5.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |