CVE-2008-5643

critical

Description

SQL injection vulnerability in the Books (com_books) component for Joomla! allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the book_id parameter in a book_details action to index.php.

References

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7092

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46561

http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4774

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2008-12-17

Updated: 2026-04-23

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: 0.00009