CVE-2008-5589

critical

Description

SQL injection vulnerability in processlogin.asp in Katy Whitton RankEm allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the (1) txtusername parameter (aka username field) or the (2) txtpassword parameter (aka password field). NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

References

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7350

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47114

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32686

http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4746

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2008-12-16

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.5

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

Severity: High

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: 0.00172