CVE-2008-6992

Exp

GreenSQL Firewall (greensql-fw), possibly before 0.9.2 or 0.9.4, allows remote attackers to bypass the SQL injection protection mechanism via a WHERE clause containing an expression such as "x=y=z", which is successfully parsed by MySQL.

Published: 2009-08-19 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2008-6992 is rated High Exploit Risk (68.4/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.21%). 3 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2008-6992

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
33203 exploit_db edb 2009-09-02 Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-6992

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 0.35% 1.21% +0.86%
2 2026-03-12 0.47% 0.35% -0.12%
3 2025-11-04 — 0.47% —

Full EPSS history (13 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-6992

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-2008-6992

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-6992

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
greensql greensql_firewall <= 0.8.3 cpe:2.3:a:greensql:greensql_firewall:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
greensql greensql_firewall 0.3.4 cpe:2.3:a:greensql:greensql_firewall:0.3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
greensql greensql_firewall 0.3.5 cpe:2.3:a:greensql:greensql_firewall:0.3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
greensql greensql_firewall 0.8.2 cpe:2.3:a:greensql:greensql_firewall:0.8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-6992

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