CVE-2008-5000

critical

Description

SQL injection vulnerability in admin/includes/news.inc.php in PHPX 3.5.16, when magic_quotes_gpc is disabled, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via uppercase characters in the news_id parameter.

References

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6996

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46548

http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4572

http://secunia.com/advisories/32564

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2008-11-10

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00169

Detections

Analytics