CVE-2008-6438

Exp

SQL injection vulnerability in macgurublog_menu/macgurublog.php in the MacGuru BLOG Engine plugin 2.2 for e107 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the uid parameter, a different vector than CVE-2008-2455. NOTE: it was later reported that 2.1.4 is also affected.

Published: 2009-03-06 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2008-6438 is rated High Exploit Risk (76.6/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 3.40%). 5 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +1.04% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. 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-2008-6438

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
6856 exploit_db edb 2008-10-28 Exploit-DB ↗
6346 exploit_db edb 2008-09-01 Exploit-DB ↗
6158 exploit_db edb 2008-07-29 Exploit-DB ↗
5666 exploit_db edb 2008-05-22 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-6438

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 2.36% 3.40% +1.04%
2 2026-04-26 2.24% 2.36% +0.12%
3 2026-03-06 — 2.24% —

Full EPSS history (14 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-6438

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-2008-6438

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-6438

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
e107coders macguru_blog_engine_plugin 2.2 cpe:2.3:a:e107coders:macguru_blog_engine_plugin:2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-6438

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