01 Record
CVE-2008-6517
SQL injection vulnerability in NewsHOWLER 1.03 Beta allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the news_user cookie parameter.
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
SQL injection vulnerability in NewsHOWLER 1.03 Beta allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the news_user cookie parameter.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.97% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 61.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2009-03-25 18:00Z17 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 11:34Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2009-03-25
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-89Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')Base
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 5a158f839dbdf0e03e3f804b900aae8291ed38bdc2374dbfbdc7c6fe54677b24
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- www.securityfocus.com30732http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30732
- www.securityfocus.com20080817 NewsHOWLER 1.03 Beta Cookie Handling Via Sql injectionhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495548/100/0/threaded
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comnewshowler-cookie-sql-injection(44519)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44519
- osvdb.org52236http://osvdb.org/52236