CVE-2008-6728

Exp

SQL injection vulnerability in the Sections module in PHP-Nuke, probably before 8.0, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the artid parameter in a printpage action to modules.php.

Published: 2009-04-20 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2008-6728 is rated High Exploit Risk (67.4/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.12%). Core evidence: 1 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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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2008-6728

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

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-6728

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 0.36% 1.12% +0.77%
2 2025-03-17 0.10% 0.36% +0.26%
3 2023-03-07 0.10%

Full EPSS history (4 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-6728

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-2008-6728

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-6728

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
phpnuke php-nuke <= 7.9 cpe:2.3:a:phpnuke:php-nuke:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpnuke php-nuke 5.0 cpe:2.3:a:phpnuke:php-nuke:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpnuke php-nuke 5.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:phpnuke:php-nuke:5.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpnuke php-nuke 5.1 cpe:2.3:a:phpnuke:php-nuke:5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpnuke php-nuke 5.2 cpe:2.3:a:phpnuke:php-nuke:5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpnuke php-nuke 5.3 cpe:2.3:a:phpnuke:php-nuke:5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpnuke php-nuke 5.3.1 cpe:2.3:a:phpnuke:php-nuke:5.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpnuke php-nuke 5.4 cpe:2.3:a:phpnuke:php-nuke:5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpnuke php-nuke 5.5 cpe:2.3:a:phpnuke:php-nuke:5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpnuke php-nuke 5.6 cpe:2.3:a:phpnuke:php-nuke:5.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpnuke php-nuke 6.0 cpe:2.3:a:phpnuke:php-nuke:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpnuke php-nuke 6.5 cpe:2.3:a:phpnuke:php-nuke:6.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpnuke php-nuke 6.6 cpe:2.3:a:phpnuke:php-nuke:6.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpnuke php-nuke 6.7 cpe:2.3:a:phpnuke:php-nuke:6.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpnuke php-nuke 6.8 cpe:2.3:a:phpnuke:php-nuke:6.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpnuke php-nuke 6.9 cpe:2.3:a:phpnuke:php-nuke:6.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpnuke php-nuke 7.0 cpe:2.3:a:phpnuke:php-nuke:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpnuke php-nuke 7.1 cpe:2.3:a:phpnuke:php-nuke:7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpnuke php-nuke 7.2 cpe:2.3:a:phpnuke:php-nuke:7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpnuke php-nuke 7.3 cpe:2.3:a:phpnuke:php-nuke:7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpnuke php-nuke 7.4 cpe:2.3:a:phpnuke:php-nuke:7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpnuke php-nuke 7.5 cpe:2.3:a:phpnuke:php-nuke:7.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpnuke php-nuke 7.6 cpe:2.3:a:phpnuke:php-nuke:7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpnuke php-nuke 7.7 cpe:2.3:a:phpnuke:php-nuke:7.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpnuke php-nuke 7.8 cpe:2.3:a:phpnuke:php-nuke:7.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-6728

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