CVE-2008-6149
SQL injection vulnerability in the mDigg (com_mdigg) component 2.2.8 for Joomla! allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands…
- 7.5HighCVSS base score
- 1.2%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 33% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 2Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
SQL injection vulnerability in the mDigg (com_mdigg) component 2.2.8 for Joomla! allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the cagtegory parameter in a story_lists action to index.php.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list 2 Exploit-DB entries for it. A reference of the record is tagged as an exploit.
Show the exploits3
Exploit-DB2 entries
- Joomla! Component mDigg 2.2.8 - SQL Injection (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 17464webapps, phppublished 1 Jul 2011Verified
- Joomla! Component mDigg 2.2.8 - 'category' SQL Injection (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 7574webapps, phppublished 24 Dec 2008Verified
References tagged exploit1 reference
- 7574 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
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Published
- 15 years later
· 15 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 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.2% · top 33% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
6
- 7574 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- mdigg-index-sql-injection(47612) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 33009 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 20081226 Joomla Component mdigg 2.2.8 Blind SQL Injection Exploit (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 33306 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 51005 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_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)
- EUVD EUVD-2008-6119 (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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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2008-6149)Record last updated .