CVE-2008-7120

Exp

SQL injection vulnerability in Mr. CGI Guy Hot Links SQL-PHP 3 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the news.php parameter.

Published: 2009-08-28 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2008-7120 is rated Exploit Available (55.4/100): CVSS High severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.11%). 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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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2008-7120

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
32355 exploit_db edb 2008-09-10 Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-7120

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 2025-11-14 0.28% 0.11% -0.17%
2 2025-03-30 0.41% 0.28% -0.13%
3 2025-03-29 0.41%

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-7120

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-2008-7120

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-7120

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
mrcgiguy hot_links_sql-php <= 3 cpe:2.3:a:mrcgiguy:hot_links_sql-php:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-7120

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