CVE-2008-5000
SQL injection vulnerability in admin/includes/news.inc.php in PHPX 3.5.16, when magic_quotes_gpc is disabled, allows remote attackers to…
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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.
Public exploit
A reference of the record is tagged as an exploit or proof of concept: anyone can try it against an unpatched system.
- 6996 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 1 day later
· 1 day later
Published
- 16 years later
· 16 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium6.8 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.95% · top 39% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.8.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (4)
- 32564 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- phpx-newsid-sql-injection(46548) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 6996 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- 4572 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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