Vulnerability Report

CVE-2008-1591

Title: Postnuke Injection (SQLi/OSi)

SQLi

Proof Of Concept

PoC Available for CVE-2008-1591

CWE Category CWE-89

Published Date Mar 31, 2008

Modified Date Jun 16, 2026

Exploit Status Available

Score 7.5 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

0.97%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2008-1591: The pnVarPrepForStore function in PostNuke 0.764 and earlier skips input sanitization when magic_quotes_runtime is enabled, which allows remote attackers to conduct SQL injection attacks and execute arbitrary SQL commands via input associated with server variables, as demonstrated by the CLIENT_IP HTTP header (HTTP_CLIENT_IP variable).

Impacted Vendors

postnuke 1

Reference Links

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28407 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41375 https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5292 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28407 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41375 https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5292

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity HIGH

7.5

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2008-1591 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5292

View Code

June 16, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 09, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

March 31, 2008 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A

Complexity N/A

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


                                    AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.